Evan's Heaven

Evan’s Heaven Nicki Bennett

Published by Dreamspinner Press 4760 Preston Road Suite 244‐149 Frisco, TX 75034 http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/ This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the authorsʼ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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I was in paradise, and I would have given everything I hadto be able to leave and just go home. I hadnʼt even wanted to take this part, but Evan hadconvinced me it could be fun. “Youʼve never done a comedybefore, and after the sociopath you played in that last movie, thiswill be a good change of pace,” heʼd reasoned. “Besides, itʼll letyou work on your tan – youʼre too pale, Mac.” So I found myself on location in a tropical paradise, with asuitcase full of sun tan lotions and skin care products provided bymy spa-owner lover. The movie, a light-hearted heist caper set ina Caribbean resort, had been fun at first, and I certainly couldnʼtcomplain about the accommodations – until the monsoon seasonstarted early. Russ – the director – only needed a few more cleardays to wrap up filming, and insisted on waiting out the storms. He wouldnʼt let any of the leads fly back to the States, in case thesun came out while one of us was gone. I normally wouldnʼt have minded staying past the projectedwrap date, but today was the first anniversary of the day Evan andI had met. Iʼd planned something very special to celebrate, andhere I was stuck over thirty-five hundred miles away from him. Alone. In the fucking rain. I was sitting under the covered patio of my cabana, nursinga Corona and watching more storm clouds gather over the ocean,when a knock sounded at the door. A rather soggy-lookingbellman stood outside, holding an umbrella precariously over alarge package. I tipped him and took it from him gingerly,carrying it back to the patio and setting it on the table next to my beer. It had to be from Evan, and knowing my lover, there was notelling what might be inside. Tearing open the paper eagerly, I was a little disappointedto see what

looked like a standard spa gift basket. Did ouranniversary mean so little to him that heʼd just picked somethingup off the shelf to send me? There was a note taped to the top, andI sank back into the wicker chair to decipher Evanʼs handwriting. Dear Mac, Iʼm so very sorry we canʼt be together for our first anniversary. So Iʼve sent you a few of our favorite things to bring you happy memories until youʼre back where you belong – with me. I love you, Evan Looking at the basket more closely, I saw that instead oftissue, the contents were wrapped in a dark blue silk robe. Ashamed of my earlier doubts, I blinked away the sudden moisturethat blurred my eyes. I could blame it on the rain, and frustration,and bad temper, but the truth was I just plain missed Evan. Untying the bow fashioned from the robeʼs belt, I let the materialfall away and laughed out loud when I saw the first item nestledinside. A bottle of blue nail polish.

Footwork

I expected to feel out of place the minute I stepped into the salon, and I wasnʼt disappointed. The obviously high-maintenance female behind the counter looked at me like I was something particularly nasty that had just crawled out from under her refrigerator. “Can I help you?” she drawled, obviously wanting nothing more than to help me right out the door. Iʼd be there before it could hit me in the ass, too, if I didnʼt have to be here. “I have an appointment,” I told her, probably not sounding any more pleased about it than she did. “Nameʼs MacAlester Kerr.” I still thought it was a stupid idea, but Mark had insisted. He wanted some barefoot shots for the picnic scene, which was more than fine with me. But he wanted my feet to look more “polished” than their current natural state. I didnʼt see why the makeup people on set couldnʼt do whatever was needed. But when your director tells you heʼs booked you an appointment for a pedicure, thereʼs not much you can do but go along. Even if it means spending the afternoon pissing off the help at a place called “Evanʼs Heaven Salon and Day Spa”. The receptionist frowned (creating some wrinkles sheʼd probably be horrified by if she only knew) and began clicking away at her keyboard. I took the opportunity to look around in amusement. The salon obviously catered to a top-tier clientele. Fine marble, expensive woods, and silky fabrics created an elegant atmosphere. Soft “lite” jazz (the kind that always set my teeth on edge) played quietly in the background. The customers waiting in the plushly upholstered lounge, sipping flutes of wine or imported sparkling water, were all highly madeup, expensively dressed women. I couldnʼt blame the receptionist too much for her attitude

– my flannel shirt and jeans were glaringly out of place amid all this sybaritism. Hell, I was probably the only male in the place. Or … not. The young man who stepped through the cut-glass doors from the salonʼs inner sanctum was definitely at home in the spaʼs refined aura. In his pink silk shirt and charcoal pinstriped slacks, he could have stepped straight from a photo shoot for GQ. He was tall and slender, with an angelʼs face and a barely-restrained mop of dark ebony curls that obviously benefited from plenty of the salonʼs “product”. The receptionist was ridiculously happy to see him, leaning toward him to whisper urgently with just enough twitches of her head toward me to make it clear who she was talking about. The young Adonis turned his attention to me with a dazzling smile. “Mr. Kerr? Would you follow me, please?” Since he was heading into the salon and not out to the street, I nodded and trailed behind him, silently enjoying the view of his trim hips swinging perkily in front of me. He led me into a private room that was, if possible, even more luxurious than the reception area. Closing the door behind us, he offered me his hand. “Welcome, Mr. Kerr. Iʼm Evan York.” “As in ʻ Evanʼs Heavenʼ?” I asked. “I must have really scared your receptionist if she had to call the owner on me.” Evan chuckled. “I just bought the spa a few weeks ago, and we donʼt have much male clientele yet. Sheʼll get used to it.” I realized Evan was still holding out his hand to me, and offered my own in return. Something quivered in my stomach at the feel of his soft fingers sliding over my callused palm. “A pedicure, eh? Sure I canʼt talk you into a manicure too, Mr. Kerr?” he asked, turning my hand over and running his fingers lightly over my knuckles. The quivering turned into full-fledged tremors. My cock decided to stand up for a closer look at what was going on. Down,boy, I told myself. This is his job; just because heʼs the moststunning thing youʼve seen in a month of Sundays doesnʼt meanheʼs coming on to you. Hell, he works surrounded by beautifulwomen. Why on earth would you think heʼs attracted to men? “Just a pedicure, thanks,” I growled, the tone coming out much harsher than I intended. “And please, call me Mac,” I added in a softer tone of voice. He glanced at me curiously at first, then flashed his alluring smile again. “Fine, letʼs get started then, Mac,” he said, nodding toward something that looked suspiciously like a throne against the opposite wall. I must have looked totally lost, because his smile faded slightly. “Have you had a pedicure before?” he asked. “Youʼre my first – I mean, no, this is my first one,” I stammered. Get a grip, Kerr, I told myself sternly. The smile was back. “A pedicure virgin? I promise not to do anything you donʼt like,” he teased. Our eyes met and held for a moment. I recognized the look in those rich chocolate depths. Damn! Maybe he was coming on to me after all. Taking pity on my ignorance, Evan gestured toward the chair. “This is the pedicure station,” he explained. “Weʼll start with a foot soak to relax you and

soften your skin, followed by moisturizing, trimming, exfoliation, and a massage.” He leaned over the chair and turned on a faucet, testing the water temperature as it began filling the basin at the foot of the “throne”. I took the opportunity to once again admire the trim ass bent before me. Once he was satisfied with the water temperature, Evan selected a bottle from a shelf above the chair and poured a capful into the basin. A tangy scent wafted up in the steam rising from the bowl. “Grapefruit, mint and eucalyptus,” he told me. “Itʼs my own blend. I prefer it to the floral scents we offer for the ladies. “If youʼll take off your shoes and have a seat….” Evan hesitated, glancing at my slim-legged jeans with concern. “Youʼll never be able to roll those up enough to keep them out of the water,” he observed. His eyes glittered wickedly. “Perhaps you should just slip them off.” Fuck – he was definitely coming on to me. The way my cock was dancing against my zipper, it thought Evan had made an excellent suggestion. If Iʼd known I was going to be dropping trou, maybe I would have worn some boxers underneath them. I could feel my cheeks reddening involuntarily. The look Evan gave me said he knew exactly why I was blushing. Chuckling again, he turned to a closet nearby and, after rummaging inside for a moment, offered me a deep blue silk robe. “Here,” he said, “why donʼt you slip into this? Iʼll get a few supplies together and be right back.” He winked at me over his shoulder as he left the room. I stripped off my jeans and, after a momentʼs hesitation, my shirt as well. Hanging them on a hook behind the door, I slipped into the robe, belted it firmly around my waist, and climbed up gingerly onto the pedicure chair. Evan returned carrying a basket filled with bottles, tins and mysterious utensils. “Thatʼs a great color on you,” he commented admiringly. “Really brings out your eyes.” I leaned back in the cushioned seat, discreetly making sure the robe hid my growing erection. A good thing, since when Evan straddled a stool in front of the chair, his eyes were directly level with my groin. Reaching beside me, Evan flipped a series of switches on the side of the throne. The seat cushions began to vibrate gently as a series of jets in the basin churned to life. Evan slid my feet into the water, his hands lingering on my calves just a moment longer than necessary. “Just relax,” he said quietly, beginning to arrange the items from the basket on a low table next to the pedicure chair. I closed my eyes for a few moments, letting the warmth of the water and the soothing vibrations of the chair lull my senses. They snapped back to full awareness the minute Evan reached down to lift my feet out of the water, settling them on a thick towel draped over the lip of the basin. He pumped a handful of lotion into his palm and began slathering it over my right foot. “This is a moisturizer,” he explained, his strong hands smoothing the lotion up my calf. I could imagine those hands smoothing over another part of

my anatomy, which quickly signaled its enthusiasm for the idea. I tried unsuccessfully to will it down as Evan repeated the treatment to my left foot. “Do you go barefoot a lot?” he asked, wiping the excess lotion from his hands on another towel. I snorted, which had the unfortunate effect of causing the sides of the robe to slither down my thighs. Catching them just before I flashed the spa owner, I settled them back over my legs, tucking the ends under one thigh to hold them tight. Evanʼs lips twitched, but he refrained from commenting on my reaction. “Yeah,” I admitted, “as often as I can … how can you tell?” He slid his fingers gently over my toes. “You have fewer calluses than most people,” he said, trailing along the outside of my feet to my heels. “But it tends to dry your feet out more than normal.” His touch was sending tingles pulsing up my legs. “You really should moisturize them every day.” I really hoped he hadnʼt noticed the way my cock twitched against the robe when his fingers caressed my insteps. “You have beautifully shaped feet,” Evan told me, rubbing them lightly. “Have you ever considered modeling?” “Iʼm an actor,” I admitted, surprising myself. That wasnʼt something I normally told people, especially when weʼd just met. Something about this gorgeous young man was definitely getting to me. “Thatʼs why Iʼm here – my director wanted my feet to look a bit neater.” “You mean my work is going to be displayed on the silver screen?” Evan grinned. “Then Iʼll have to give you my extra special treatment.” I knew what kind of treatment Iʼd like to give him…. Swallowing hard, I gritted my teeth and told my cock firmly to behave itself. It was unimpressed. “Iʼm going to clean up your cuticles first,” Evan continued, picking up an implement that looked like something someone would threaten you with in a dark alley. He concentrated for the next few minutes on pushing back and trimming away the skin around my nails, giving me a chance to talk my arousal into uneasy submission. “You keep your nails nice and trim,” he said, sounding a bit surprised. “Iʼm just going to smooth off the edges.” “I do own a nail clipper,” I protested. “I even know how to use it.” Evan just smiled as he ran a file over the tip of each toe. Then he picked up what looked like a small white block and buffed the surface of each nail vigorously. “Letʼs see what we can do with these heels,” he said next, selecting something shaped like a shoehorn. Dipping it into the water, he lifted my foot and rubbed it firmly over each heel in turn, pausing occasionally to pass his hand over the skin before rubbing some more. After a few moments of this, he nodded in satisfaction and returned the tool to the table. “This is an exfoliant,” he said, dipping his fingers into a jar of deep green goop. He massaged some of the gel over each foot in turn, paying special attention to the heels. My cock, which had taken a break while Evan was

holding sharp implements, began to respond again to the feel of his hands touching me. Evan dipped my feet back into the water to rinse off the gel, then dried them tenderly. Flipping a switch to let the water drain, he pumped out more moisturizer and began to massage my right foot in earnest. I realized his slim hands were much stronger than they looked, as they firmly pressed every sensitive spot on the underside of my foot. I shifted my hips, trying to hide my growing erection without freeing the robe from where I held it closed beneath my legs. Evan turned his attention to my left foot. It became increasingly hard – literally – to hide my arousal, since my cock was throbbing with each stroke of his hands over my skin. When he slid those strong hands up my calves, I couldnʼt hold back a soft moan of pleasure. Evanʼs melting brown eyes met mine and searched them before dropping to my lap. Following his gaze, I was mortified to see a glaring wet spot staining the silky fabric of the robe. The sound Evan made could only be described as a purr, as he lifted his eyes to meet mine once again. “Iʼm so glad Iʼm not the only one feeling this way,” he murmured. “Iʼve been hard since the minute I saw you in the lobby.” “Evan,” I groaned helplessly. My spa angel stood up from his stool and climbed up the side of the chair, swinging his leg across to straddle my hips. “Is this what you want, Mac?” he whispered, leaning forward to tease my lips with his own. “Because itʼs sure as hell what I want.” I pried my hands from their death grip on the arms of the chair and pulled him against my chest. My tongue surged past his open lips, searching out the contours of his warm mouth as he slid his hips against my crotch. He tasted as rich and heady as his spa was elegant. “Mac,” he moaned, reaching between us to pull open the tie of my robe. This time I let the silky material slip down my sides. Evan began kissing his way down the base of my throat, his hips maintaining a steady rhythm against mine. I managed to unbutton my Adonisʼs shirt to reveal his smooth chest. His pert brown nipples called to me, so I slid his body upward until I could reach them with my mouth. He arched back hedonistically, whimpering softly as my tongue traced their outline. Taking one gently between my teeth, I reached under the waistband of his loose slacks to find he was telling the truth about his arousal. I also discovered why he understood my earlier embarrassment. Evan had gone commando himself. When my hand closed around his impressive length, Evan cried out wordlessly. He let me stroke him for a moment, his eyes closed in bliss, before leaning forward to kiss me again, deeply, and still my hand. “Not yet,” he whispered, pushing himself up against the arms of the chair and swinging off me. My cock protested the loss of contact immediately. Evan quickly stripped off his clothes and stood proudly naked before me. He was glorious, and I started to rise myself, needing to hold him again. He placed a palm against my chest to stop me and smiled into my eyes. “Will you let me….” He hesitated, his eyes flickering briefly away.

Anything, I thought to myself. Iʼll let you doanything you want. “Will you let me paint your toenails?” he asked quickly. Whatever I had expected him to ask, it sure as hell wasnʼt that. He must have seen the confusion on my face, because he leaned forward to brush my lips again. “I find it very erotic,” he said, his eyes promising that Iʼd enjoy the benefits of indulging him. “Iʼm not sure Mark had polished nails in mind,” I protested feebly. “I promise to remove it when weʼre done,” Evan countered. “Okay, then,” I agreed, immediately rewarded by the pleasure that lit his face. He turned away for a moment to select a bottle of quick-dry polish from a crowded rack. I smiled when he waved the bottle happily in front of me. “Blue?” I asked, unable to resist grinning myself at Evanʼs obvious glee. “It matches your beautiful eyes,” he answered. “Now just lie back and let me have my way with you.” Evan pulled the stool back in front of the chair and lifted my feet back onto the ledge. With quick, practiced strokes, he covered my nails in the deep blue polish. Each touch of his hands on my feet sent tremors through my oversensitized cock. When he was finished, he crawled up my legs to once more straddle my hips. “Now we have to let them dry,” he crooned, claiming my mouth forcefully and fucking me with his tongue. If this is what a little polish did to him, he could paint me every night. I reached between us to where our eager cocks strained against each other. Circling them both in my fist, I matched the rhythm of my strokes with Evanʼs ravenous tongue. A deep groan rumbled in his throat. I tore my lips away to suck in a much-needed breath. “Fuck, baby,” I groaned, “feels so good. Youʼre so fucking hot.” “I want you inside me,” Evan moaned, pulling my hand away reluctantly. He slid back down my legs until he could reach the small table at the foot of the chair. Lifting a towel, he revealed a foil-covered condom. “I donʼt do this,” he confessed. “Especially since the clients are all women. But when I left you to get undressed, I couldnʼt help but hope.” “Iʼm glad,” I told him truthfully. Our eyes met again, and then Evan was rolling the condom down my hard length. I stopped his hand from stroking me with a rueful grin. “I wonʼt last if you do that,” I admitted. Evan pressed the bottle of moisturizer into my palm. “Make me ready for you,” he pleaded, turning around so that his tight ass was facing me, his stiff cock bumping against my groin. I pumped a stream of lotion over my fingers, gasping when Evanʼs tongue slid over my toes. I had never considered my feet erogenous before, but Evan might as well have been licking my cock directly. I moaned as he sucked my big toe into his mouth, sliding a finger into his tight channel at the same moment. We both groaned as my fingers worked their way inside him, finding the

bundle of nerves deep within. The suction on my toes increased as Evan writhed above me. With my other hand, I grasped his cock, the lotion still on my palm letting it glide over him slickly. Evan shuddered and threw his head back with a sob. “So good,” he gasped. “Oh god, Mac, stop, gonna come….” “Let it go, baby,” I urged, needing to see my beauty find his release. I twisted my wrist, my fingers brushing his prostate as I flicked my thumb over his slit. With a cry, Evan came, spurting his creamy fluid over my abdomen. He lay gasping against my legs for a moment before catching his breath and crawling around to face me once again. “You are incredible,” he told me, after kissing me all but senseless. “What can I do to make you feel that good?” “Ride me,” I pleaded, pulling up at his hips. “I need to feel that tight ass Iʼve been admiring all day wrapped around my cock.” Evan ran his palm down my chest to the pool of come still warm against my belly. Gathering the creamy fluid in his hand, he coated the condom and positioned himself over me. His eyes locked with mine as he lowered himself over my hard length in one smooth stroke. “Fuck, Evan,” I gasped as he squeezed his muscles around me. “Fuck me, baby. Fuck me hard.” Evan grasped the arms of the chair, lifted himself up and then slammed back down, impaling himself on me again and again. I thrust my hips up against him, fighting to bury myself as deeply as I could in his welcoming heat. “Tight,” I growled, reaching for his reawakening cock. “Knew youʼd be tight … feels so goddamn good….” I pumped him fiercely as he rode my throbbing cock. “Close,” Evan moaned, reaching down to flip the switch that started the chair vibrating beneath me. “Gonna come again … come with me, lover….” He tightened around me one more time, and we both cried out as we found our release together. Evan collapsed against my chest as we each fought to recapture our breath. I ran my fingers through his sweat-dampened curls, loving the feel of his weight pressing against me. “Congratulations,” Evan whispered after a moment. “Youʼre the lucky winner of our grand opening contest.” “And what do I win?” I asked, nuzzling his cheek. “Free pedicures every week for life,” he replied dreamily. “Only pedicures?” I pouted. “I had my heart set on that manicure you offered me.” Evan smiled at me, his heart shining out from his dark chocolate eyes. “Weʼre a full-service salon,” he stated proudly. “And it will be my pleasure to service you any time.” “Itʼll be a pleasure for us both,” I promised.

I shook the bottle in my hand, setting the silver glittermixed into the polish sparkling. Maybe later Iʼd paint my toes andgive Darryl, my ex-NFL-linebacker co-star, a good laugh. Exceptheʼd probably want to borrow it himself, and I wasnʼt about toshare any of Evanʼs presents. Setting the polish on the table, I dug into the basket again,a warm glow igniting inside me when I removed the next item – amesh bag of smooth river stones. Glancing at the directions forwarming them in the microwave to create a “do it yourself hotstone massage”, I knew theyʼd never be as satisfying as Evanʼsversion of that treatment.

Hand Job “MR. KERR! Welcome back!” the receptionist gushed as I entered the salon. Even my rattier-than-normal jeans and t-shirt didnʼt dim her unctuous smile. Iʼd definitely risen in her esteem over the past several months since she realized I was a VIP – at least in the eyes of her boss. I think I preferred her original disdain – at least it was honest. She peered at her computer screen in confusion. “Er … did you have an appointment?” “Not today,” I admitted, anticipating her unconscious frown. I had a standing ʻappointmentʼ with Evan every Friday afternoon, but Iʼd been filming on location for over two months. Iʼd just gotten back into town for a brief break, and there was no way I could wait until Friday to see him. Now, however, I felt a twinge of uncertainty. As much as Iʼd been tempted, Iʼd never even called Evan while I was away. Heʼd given me no indication that he wanted anything more than the casual relationship we currently enjoyed. Was I being presumptuous to expect him to disrupt his schedule just to see me? “I just wondered if Evan had a free moment?” I faltered. Her manicured fingers flew over the keyboard. “Youʼre in luck … heʼs between clients,” she determined. “Make yourself comfortable – Iʼll let him know youʼre here.” I wandered over to the luxurious waiting area, noticing with interest that I

was no longer the salonʼs only male customer. A young man of perhaps thirty nodded to me in greeting. His frosted, spiked blond hair and rakish grin looked vaguely familiar – I wondered idly if he was another actor, or perhaps a musician. Before I could puzzle through where I might have seen him before, the doors to the inner spa flew open and my dark-haired Adonis flew across the lobby to catch my hands in his. A dazzling smile bloomed across his face and danced in his bottomless eyes. I couldnʼt help but smile back at him, squeezing his hands in return. He was dressed all in black today, the silky fabric of his shirt and slacks clinging to his willowy frame. Iʼm not sure how long we stood there, just grinning at each other, until the sycophantic tones of the receptionist greeting another client broke us out of our spell. “Come on back,” the spaʼs owner beckoned, leading me through the cutglass doors of the salon into a large private treatment room. As soon as the door closed behind us he was in my arms, attacking my mouth with his lips and tongue, molding his body against mine. “God, I missed you,” he moaned, nipping at my lips with his teeth. “How long can you stay?” I did my share of reacquainting myself with Evanʼs mouth before I pulled away enough to answer him. “A few days,” I murmured, giving into the temptation to thread my fingers through his silky curls as I kissed my way down his graceful neck. “Sorry I couldnʼt wait until Friday – I just had to see you,” I admitted, forcing myself to pause and wait for his reaction. “Iʼm glad you didnʼt wait,” he purred, running his palm caressingly down my face. He frowned as he noticed the cuts on my cheek and the side of my chin. “What have you been doing to yourself?” he demanded, pressing a gentle kiss over each scratch. “This face is too handsome to abuse this way, love,” he rebuked me teasingly. “How about a facial to make them all better?” I shook my head at him repressively. There were many things Iʼd dreamed of Evan doing to me over the past months, but smearing my face with herbal goop wasnʼt one of them. “I might take you up on that manicure, though,” I offered in exchange, holding out my scratched and scabbed hands. “Those fight scenes were hell on my knuckles.” Evan ran his fingers tenderly over my hands, tracing the bruised nail beds, the broken, abraded knuckles, the chunk of nail missing from my thumb. I wasnʼt usually so accident prone, but these months of filming had been especially draining, and my concentration had slipped at times. As it always did from the first time I met him, the touch of Evanʼs fingers on my hands brought my cock to rigid attention. Raising my hands to his face, my dark-haired angel soothed each injury with his lips and tongue. The feel of his mouth on my battered skin stirred my insides to Jello and my cock to rock hardness. When a salty drop stung the torn flesh, my heart lurched. The thought of Evan crying over my clumsiness was unbearable. “Donʼt, baby,” I pleaded, lifting his head and wiping the moisture from his impossibly long lashes with my thumbs. “A few nicks and dings arenʼt going to

kill me.” “If you wonʼt take care of yourself, Iʼll have to do it for you,” he scolded thickly, pressing a final kiss into my palms. “I have some very special treatments in mind for you.” He picked up the telephone hanging next to the door, his sparkling eyes never leaving mine. “Margaret, clear my schedule for the rest of the afternoon,” he instructed, smiling at me beguilingly. “See who else is free to take my clients, or reschedule them. Offer them a free facial for the inconvenience.” “You donʼt have to do that,” I protested. “I just wanted to see you.” “I donʼt want to touch anyone else when I can be with you,” he insisted, locking the door to ensure we wouldnʼt be disturbed. The seed of unacknowledged jealousy, which had sprouted on seeing another man in the lobby, withered immediately at the honesty of Evanʼs admission. “Besides, if just one of them starts booking facials as a result, it will more than pay for itself.” I chuckled at my beautiful loverʼs business sense, until the feel of his palms slipping underneath my shirt drove all other thoughts from my mind. “Why donʼt you get out of these and get comfortable?” he suggested, handing me one of the spaʼs signature silk robes, in the deep blue Iʼd learned he offered only to me. “Do you keep one of these in every room?” I asked, amused that he had one immediately at hand. “Only the ones I think I might want to fuck you in – so, yeah, that would be all of them,” he laughed in reply. “Give me just a minute to get a few things ready.” I quickly shed my clothes as Evan stepped through a connecting door, returning a few moments later. Holding the robe open for me to step into, he wrapped his arms around me with the silky fabric, nuzzling the spot heʼd discovered beneath my ear that always made me shiver. “Missed this so much,” he murmured, tying the belt and smoothing his hands lower across my stomach. “Me too,” I admitted, turning to pull him against me. He was already as hard as I was, and our mouths fed from each other hungrily as I pressed my hands against his tight ass, rubbing us together. “Evan,” I groaned, wanting nothing more than to sheathe myself inside him immediately. “Manicure,” my angel insisted, pulling back with a final nip of his teeth. “I promise, youʼll enjoy it.” My cock was throbbing in protest as I sank into the seat Evan indicated. It stubbornly ignored my attempts to convince it of the benefits of anticipation. Evan filled the shallow basin with warm water and his favorite citrusy aromatic oil. Tracing my scarred knuckles gently with his fingers, he slid my hands into the water. “Weʼll let them soak for a few minutes first to soften the skin,” he explained, “then Iʼll clean up your cuticles, shape the nails, and give you an exfoliating massage.” He arranged his implements beside him on the table between us. “And then I have a little surprise for you.” Youʼd think after this many months Iʼd have gotten used to his touch. But every brush of his palms against mine, every stroke of his fingers sent a thrill of excitement through my nerves, just as strong as the first time he touched me. I

watched him in growing stimulation as he concentrated on caring for my scarred and callused hands. Each time he unconsciously gnawed at his lower lip, or wet it quickly with his tongue, my cock stirred in response. At least now I no longer had to make any attempt to hide my arousal. By the time Evan had finished trimming and filing, and began to gently massage lotion into each hand, my erection had escaped the confines of the robe to stand proudly, if damply, before me. Evan leered appreciatively across the tabletop at the obvious impact of his caressing touch. “Is Little Mac feeling jealous?” he teased. Iʼd never had a pet name for my genitals before, but Evan could wrap a pink ribbon around it and call it Mary Sue if it made him happy. “I think it objects to being called ʻlittleʼ,” I replied, as it stood up even straighter under his gaze. “Well, weʼll take care of that in just a minute,” my lover promised. “But I have a special treat for you first.” Rising, he circled the table and spun my chair to face a small, square appliance that looked like a deep fryer. “Dip your hands in here,” he instructed, lifting the lid to reveal a steaming, clear liquid. “What is it?” I asked, eying it suspiciously. “Hot paraffin wax,” he replied coaxingly. “Itʼs great for healing and moisturizing.” “Wonʼt it hurt?” I hesitated. “Itʼs not a fucking bikini wax, Mac! Itʼll feel wonderful,” he promised. “Have I ever disappointed you yet?” I had to admit that going along with Evanʼs sometimes exotic suggestions had always proved most rewarding for us both. I eased my hands tentatively into the steaming liquid, feeling as Evan promised a warm glow as the slippery substance coated my skin. “Dip them a few more times,” Evan directed, watching until I had coated them both to his satisfaction. He knelt between my legs to slip a cloth mitten over each hand in turn. “How long do these have to stay on?” I asked, resenting anything that prevented me from touching my lover. “Long enough to let me do this,” he replied, pushing open the robe and sinking his mouth over the length of my erection. “Oh, fuck, Evan,” I moaned, arching with pleasure as his tongue swept around my shaft. Nine weeks of dreams could never compare to the reality of Evanʼs hot mouth engulfing me. He slid slowly up and down my throbbing cock, teasing the ridge of skin around the head with each stroke. The sight of his dusky curls bouncing between my legs and the insistent suction of his lips quickly stole what little control I had. With a guttural groan, I shot my load into his hungry mouth. As soon as I stopped shuddering, he crawled up onto my lap, capturing my mouth to share the saltiness of my release. “Damn, I needed that,” I groaned, resting my forehead against his. “Now take this stuff off me so I can touch you, baby.” Evan stripped the mitts from my hands and peeled away the now-cooled layers of wax. He smoothed a final coating of moisturizer into each arm, but stood up when I reached to encircle him.

As I rose to follow him, my cocoa-eyed beauty caught my hands in his and led me forward into the adjoining room, where a wide, sheet-draped table beckoned. “Thatʼs more like it,” I growled eagerly, trying to maneuver him against the side of the bed. Evan sidestepped my grasp and pushed me to sit on the padded surface instead. “Youʼre still too tense,” he murmured. “I want to give you a massage first.” “What about you?” I pouted, reaching forward to cup the bulge that strained against his slacks. “Trust me, this will be worth waiting for,” he promised, sliding the robe off my shoulders and pressing me to lie with my back against the cool sheets. Stepping away for a moment, he dimmed the lights and flicked on some soothing, Celtic-sounding background music. He unbuttoned his shirtsleeves and began to roll up the cuffs, but I eyed him pleadingly. “Take it off,” I urged, and after a moment Evan complied, revealing his smooth chest to my appreciative gaze. “Now lie there and behave yourself,” he commanded, pouring a handful of aromatically scented oil into his palm. Rubbing his hands together, he brought them down on my shoulders and began to massage the muscles firmly but soothingly. After a few moments, I let my eyes drift shut and gave myself over to the bliss of his hands. Suddenly, I felt something firm and warm settle into the hollow of my collarbone. Opening my eyes, I saw Evan draw a smooth, flat stone over my skin before settling it into the matching spot on my other side. “These are warm river stones,” he explained. “Iʼll place them in all your chakra spots – the focal points of your bodyʼs energies – to soothe and strengthen you.” Evanʼs talented hands stroked and soothed me from head to toe. He drew each warm stone slowly over the planes of my muscles before placing them – down my chest, in the center of my belly, between each finger and toe. The stones held me as immobile as any bonds might, preventing me from reaching for my lover, as I was increasingly tempted to do when he worked his tantalizing way up my legs. By the time he had settled stones in the hollows of my hipbones, my cock was once again hard and leaking against my abdomen. I moaned as Evan skirted it with his oil-slick palms, straining in frustration when he lifted his hands at last. “Evan,” I pleaded, but my dark angel shook his head inexorably. “Not yet, love,” he admonished me with a smile. Removing the larger stones from my torso but leaving the smaller ones between my fingers and toes, he urged me to roll over onto my stomach. The finely-spun cotton of the sheets rubbed stimulatingly against my stiffened cock as I settled uneasily against the cushions. I turned my head at the sound of rustling behind me, to see Evan stripping off his slacks before kneeling to straddle my hips. I pushed up against him, only to have him swat me down reprovingly. “I said behave yourself,” he scolded, reaching for another handful of oil. If anything, Evan paid even more attention to my back and shoulders,

massaging them firmly before placing stones against each shoulder-blade, inside my elbows and knees, down my spine and across the small of my back. Each languid stroke, rather than relaxing me, was beginning to arouse me unbearably. I hitched my hips against the bed sheets, moaning softly at the friction against my aching cock. When Evanʼs strokes reached the top of my thighs and began kneading my buttocks, I could no longer restrain the groan his touch wrenched from my lips. “Please, baby,” I begged him, thrusting up into his touch. “Need you now, please….” Evan moved to kneel between my legs and lowered his head to kiss me hungrily. “Do you trust me?” he broke off to whisper sensuously into my ear. “Yes,” I hissed in response, knowing it was the truth. Following Evanʼs lead in our lovemaking had resulted in some mindblowing experiences for us both. Until now, my dark-haired beauty had always preferred to be taken, but I had high hopes that this might be the day he was ready to change that. I arched against him, pressing myself against his own rigid arousal. “Anything you want, baby, always….” Claiming one more passionate kiss, Evan knelt up again and began to stroke his hands tantalizingly over my backside. Spreading the cheeks gently, he trailed alluring fingers up and down the cleft between them until I was undulating beneath him. An oiled fingertip circled my entrance enticingly, pressing teasingly against it as I clenched and released involuntarily. I gasped with pleasure as the tip entered me at last, only to slide away immediately, then repeat the motion again and again, until I was wild with the need for more. Suddenly, something warm and hard and wider than Evanʼs fingertip slipped within me. It felt like he had slid one of his hot stones inside me. It felt fucking incredible. “What the fuck?” I gasped, straining to lift my head and see what Evan was doing. He raised his hands to show me a strand of smooth, marble beads, each about an inch around, threaded and knotted onto a silky cord. “These are love beads,” he told me, his dark eyes smoldering with desire. He slowly slipped another stone into my channel until it clicked against the first. “Can you take all of them for me, lover?” he crooned seductively. I moaned inarticulately as Evan slid another oiled bead past my trembling entrance. The motion pressed the first stone deep enough to brush against the bundle of nerves within me. I cried out in pleasure at the exquisite sensation. Evan continued to slide the stones slowly inside me, the rhythmic stretch and release of my opening, the growing feeling of fullness, the erratic press of the beads against my prostate building my arousal to levels Iʼd never felt before. Each time I was sure I couldnʼt take any more, Evan pressed another stone inside me. He held my hips firmly to keep me from thrusting my cock against the slick-smooth sheets. “Not yet, love, youʼre doing so well,” he praised me, “just a few more, you can take them all….” As he slipped the last bead past my straining muscle, Evan bent forward to lap soothingly over my overstretched entrance with his wet tongue. I bucked back insistently against his mouth, crying out deliriously as he thrust his tongue

inside me, stirring the beads into motion against my pleasure center. I rocked my hips wantonly, seeking relief. The sheets beneath me were so wet Iʼd have sworn Iʼd already come, but that my balls were still rock-hard and aching. “Fuck, baby, please, no more, oh god, please….” I babbled, writhing wildly. Evan clenched his teeth around the end of the silken cord and slowly pulled the last bead back out. I groaned as he thrust his tongue inside me again, alternating between removing the stones and stirring the remaining beads within me until I was trembling uncontrollably. The sense of emptiness as he slid out the final bead was so strong that I physically ached. As I gasped to find the breath to speak, I recognized at last the feeling that had haunted my last few months. Emptiness. I was empty without Evan in my life. Dropping the cord of beads to the floor, Evan slid up my body to kiss me passionately. “Can I make love to you, Mac?” he whispered against my lips. “Love … me….” I gasped, panting with need. Stones flew heedlessly as Evan flipped me onto my back. I pulled my knees up to my chest, reaching out to clutch for him. Evan pulled me forward onto his thighs and slid deep inside me with one smooth stroke. I pushed my heels into his back, urging him deeper as I rocked against him wildly. Leaning forward to thrust his tongue down my throat, Evan grasped my hips and pumped fiercely. I was so sensitized that I came almost immediately, painting both our chests with the force of my release. Evan threw his head back and shouted my name as he convulsed against me in ecstasy. We both collapsed back against the massage table in exhaustion, totally spent. Our breathing slowly quieted as our hearts settled back into stable rhythms. Evan nuzzled his cheek against my chest like a kitten begging to be petted. “I wish you didnʼt have to leave again so soon,” he whispered sadly. “Come back with me,” I offered impulsively, before I could censor myself. “Let that hot-shot assistant you hired take over here for a while.” “Jordan is ready for more responsibility,” he mused. “It would give him a chance to show what he can do….” He lifted his head and eyed me consideringly. “So Iʼd be there as what – your personal masseur?” “If thatʼs what makes you comfortable,” I said. “But as soon as they see us together, itʼll be obvious to everyone that Iʼm in love with you.” I may spend the rest of my life trying to rekindle the light that shone from Evanʼs eyes at that moment. He cradled my head in his hands and kissed me deeply, lingeringly. “Iʼve loved you since our first time together,” he admitted shyly. “I didnʼt know what a famous actor like you would see in me.” “Iʼm not a famous actor, Evan,” I protested. “Iʼm just a guy doing a job, like anybody else. A guy who happens to love you very much. If you come with me, youʼll get to see how un-glamorous acting really is. But it will be a lot easier for me to take if I have you by my side.” “At least I can make sure you take better care of yourself,” he sighed. “And who knows? Maybe some casting agent will discover me, and I can be the next Brad Pitt! We can make blockbuster movies together!” We both laughed at our innocent daydreams. When youʼre in love, anything seems possible.

NEEDING to cool off from the heat of my memories, Ipadded into the kitchen for another Corona. My cock was hardagainst the zipper of my shorts as I walked back to the patio,complaining that none of the presents so far had been for him. Icouldnʼt help but smile when I lifted out the next item, one that Idefinitely wasnʼt going to be using on my cock – or at all, until Iwas back with Evan again – a jar of ginger-scented sugar wax.

Wax Off I was so intent on sharing the awful news with my lover that I barely paused as I barreled through the door of the salon, storming right past the elegant waiting lounge. Fortunately, Evanʼs Heavenʼs receptionist was used to me by now, and barely raised an artistically-shaped eyebrow at my attitude or my attire. “Evanʼs just finishing up with a client…. Iʼll let him know youʼre here. Treatment room six is open if you want to wait in there,” she suggested calmly. Probably a good idea, since in my current mood I might have barged in on some socialiteʼs manicure – or bikini waxing – without thinking. Taking a deep breath, I flashed her a rueful grin and nodded my thanks, careful not to slam the cut-glass doors behind me as I entered the inner sanctum of the salon. Like every room in the day spa, treatment room six was opulently outfitted with plush furnishings, watered-silk walls, and marble flooring, but it could have been as ratty as my first apartment for all I noticed. I paced in bad-tempered impatience for several minutes, oblivious to the restful music and soft lighting. Even the delicate hint of patchouli and lemongrass in the air – the spaʼs signature aromatherapy fragrance – was powerless to relieve my irritation. Only one thing had the power to do that, and I was wallowing so deep in my self-pity that it caught me by surprise when strong, graceful arms enfolded me from behind in a soothing embrace. “Whatʼs wrong, love?” Evanʼs charmingly musical voice murmured against my ear. “Margaret was concerned – she said sheʼs never seen you look so upset.”

“Margaret said that?” I challenged, leaning back into his encompassing warmth as he dropped a slow trail of kisses down my neck. I could feel him smile against my throat. “Actually, she said Iʼd better intercept you before you scared away the rest of the clientele,” he admitted, pulling aside the collar of my t-shirt to leave a gentle bite-mark on my collarbone. I could feel the tension draining from me already, just from his presence. It may seem odd for someone with so much energy and enthusiasm, but Evan can always calm me out of my darkest and most disgruntled moods. Of course, the fact that we inevitably get off every time weʼre together might help to explain it. Apparently, I wasnʼt relaxing fast enough for my lover. He turned me around and pinned me gently but firmly against the nearest wall, leaning forward to nip at my other collarbone in turn. The weight of his body pressing against mine was easing my mental frustration, replacing it with another, more physical variety. “You going to tell me whatʼs bothering you, or am I going to have to bite it out of you?” My cock, never quiet for long when I was with Evan, signaled its opinion of that option by pressing eagerly against my zipper. “Thatʼs not much of an incentive to tell you,” I countered, trying to pull him closer. Shaking his head of artfully tumbled curls, he held me at armʼs length. “Then I wonʼt touch you again until you tell me,” he replied in mock-anger. “Out with it. What happened to make you this testy? You didnʼt lose the part, did you?” Suddenly the reason for my anger seemed petty – but damn it, I still remembered how much it hurt the last time. “No, I didnʼt lose the part, but Iʼm beginning to wonder if I still want it,” I grumbled. “Remember the shower scene I told you about? Jerry decided he wants my character to have a smooth chest.” Evanʼs hands slid from my shoulders down my sides until they reached the hem of my t-shirt. I shivered as they slipped underneath to tease at the short curls of hair he found there. “But your chest is perfect the way it is,” he argued, his thumbs unerringly finding and fondling my nipples to aching hardness. I swallowed hard to choke back a moan of pleasure. “Iʼm glad you think so, baby, but Jerry doesnʼt agree. He wants me to lose the hair.” Pulling the t-shirt up to my armpits, Evan bent to nuzzle at the tightened nubs heʼd raised, seeming not to understand what this meant. “I had to do it once before, a few years back,” I complained. “That wax hurt like a sonofabitch. I donʼt think I want to go through that again … oh God, do that again,” I moaned in response to a particularly firm nip of my loverʼs teeth. Evan obligingly complied, then raised his head to kiss me passionately. I could see excitement kindling in his chocolate-dark eyes as he pulled away. “Do you trust me, love?” he asked playfully, pulling my t-shirt back into place. ʻFuck yeah!ʼ my cock agreed enthusiastically. It knew what that sparkle in my loverʼs eyes meant. Every time Evan asked that question, it led to a new and mind-blowing sexual experience. But it was more than just the slightly kinky games he introduced me to … somehow, the trust and love we felt for each

other shone clearer in those moments than any other. “Always,” I assured him, sealing my vow with a kiss. “Always, and in everything.” “No one but me is laying a hand on this gorgeous chest,” he proclaimed possessively. I couldnʼt hold back the shudder of pleasure that ran through me as his hand slid down the planes of my abdomen to flirt beneath the waistband of my jeans. “But I canʼt have you jumping like that while Iʼm trying to work.” His voice took on a stern tone I had never heard him use before. I was surprised at how fucking erotic it sounded. Evan suggested and coaxed, he never demanded – but I realized with surprise that the thought of him taking control made me incredibly hard. “What do you have in mind, baby?” I asked huskily. “Do you remember that leather store I found when Molly was misbehaving?” The last time Evan had accompanied me on a location shoot, heʼd brought along the large golden lab heʼd rescued from the local shelter. The two of them shared the same exuberant personality, and like her master, Molly had charmed everyone on the set – that is, until the day she devoured the prop food for the pivotal family dinner scene. “I bought more than a leash for Molly,” Evan admitted, his voice dropping to a sultry whisper. He glanced at me from beneath his long lashes, his eyes smoldering. “I bought some … restraints…. I wasnʼt sure if you were ready for them yet.” Evan had introduced me to pleasures Iʼd never dreamed of, but our play had never extended to bondage – until now. He raised my hand to his lips and kissed the inside of my wrist tenderly. “I canʼt make it not hurt at all,” he murmured regretfully, “but I can promise youʼll feel so good, the pain wonʼt matter….” I pictured myself held down with leather straps, subject to anything Evan chose to do to me – and found the image shockingly arousing. He wasnʼt touching anything other than my wrist, and I was already so hard I was almost shaking. “Fuck, yes,” I whispered, cupping his chin and raising his head to kiss him fiercely. “God, I want that so bad….” My hands slid to his ass, pulling him to me and grinding against him wantonly. He allowed the contact for a heady minute, but when our breathing grew ragged he pushed away with reluctance. “We canʼt do it here,” he groaned, drawing a calming breath. “The … equipment … is at my apartment. And besides,” he promised, “Iʼm going to make you scream … and not in pain.” “Letʼs go, then,” I urged, trying futilely to adjust myself to a more comfortable position. My cock knew what it wanted, and it wanted it now. “But youʼre gonna have to drive. Iʼm so hard I donʼt think I can fit under the steering wheel.” EVAN fastened the buckle with a hungry glitter in his bottomless brown eyes, running a finger beneath the butter-soft leather. I was so high already with anticipation, even that simple touch made me tremble. “Not too tight, love?” he

asked solicitously, tugging gently to test the strength of the straps that held my arms to the headboard. I growled with pleasure and shook my head wordlessly, trying to catch his hand with my lips. Evan smiled and let me kiss his palm before sliding it caressingly up the side of my face. “Good,” he responded, rising from the bed and letting his gaze rake over me. I could tell he liked what he saw – me, naked, shackled to the headboard of his large bed, already hard despite the pain I knew was to come. “Youʼre so beautiful like this,” he marveled, bending forward to kiss me gently, his tongue barely penetrating the seam of my lips before he rose, all too quickly. “Give me just a minute to get everything ready.” He left the room, leaving me to savor the anticipation of what he had in store for me. A moment later he returned, carrying a bowl and a handful of long muslin strips. Setting both on the bedside table, he unbuttoned the cuffs of his yellow silk shirt and began rolling up the sleeves. I wasnʼt sure if it was proper protocol for me to speak without permission, but I wanted to enjoy the feel of him against me as he worked. “Please,” I asked quietly, “take it off for me?” He looked at me thoughtfully for a moment, then smiled. “You arenʼt going to make this easy for me, are you?” he asked, unbuttoning his shirt and letting it pool on the floor. Feeling bolder, I shook my head again. “Itʼs better for both of us when itʼs hard,” I teased, watching with growing excitement as he stepped out of his slacks and stood proudly before me. You can keep David and Alexander – to me, Evan nude is the most sublime work of art Iʼve ever experienced. Straddling my hips, Evan kissed me, his tongue dancing sensuously against mine until I was undulating beneath him, hungry for more. With a final nip at my lips, he sat up and reached for the bowl, stirring its contents with a small wooden paddle. “This is sugar wax,” he told me, letting something that looked like melted caramel drizzle back into the bowl. “Itʼs less irritating than regular wax. Iʼm going to spread some on your chest, then cover it with a strip of muslin. When I pull off the cloth, the hair will come with it.” I nodded my understanding, but my face must have revealed some of the trepidation I was feeling. “Trust me,” he reminded me, painting a broad swathe of the sticky substance down the right side of my chest. It certainly felt more soothing than the hot melted wax I remembered. Evanʼs hands caressed me as they smoothed the first muslin strip over the syrupy goo. He leaned forward to nip at my lips again, tantalizing touches that refused to linger, until all I was thinking about was how to capture his mouth for a deeper kiss. Without warning, he straightened and yanked the strip from my chest. It felt – well, it felt like youʼd expect it would to have hundreds of short hairs suddenly torn out by the roots. I bit my lip to keep from crying out at the pain. Instantly, Evan dropped the cloth to the floor and slid downward, swirling his tongue around the head of my flagging erection. All thoughts of pain were quickly forgotten as every nerve ending in my body focused on the deliciously depraved things his tongue was doing to my happy cock.

When heʼd reduced me to whimpering incoherence, he slid forward again and smoothed a second strip onto my chest. This time after yanking it away he turned his attention to my balls, sucking them into his mouth and using his tongue and teeth to entice them to indurate hardness. After the third strip, he spread my cheeks with his thumbs and rimmed me until I was moaning uncontrollably, pressing them inside me alongside his plundering tongue. He continued to work his way across my chest and stomach, alternating between the short, sharp pain of the waxing and the increasingly intense pleasures he lavished on my cock, balls, and ass. By the time he removed the last strip, my torso burned and I was harder than I could ever remember being. Bestowing a last loving lick between my cheeks, Evan knelt over me and ran appraising hands across my now-hairless chest. The feel of his palms gliding over me without the usual resistance was arousing as hell. He caressed the irritated skin soothingly, brushing away the last dried crumbs of the sugar wax, circling my reddened, distended nipples. When his fingertips traced across them at last, my entire body jumped. He repeated the motion sadistically, his eyes twinkling. “Like that?” he inquired, brushing with agonizing lightness over the sensitized nubs. “Please, baby,” I groaned, needing more than that fluttering contact. “Put your mouth on them … please….” Evan dragged his tongue in a broad sweep across my chest, humming at the lingering sweetness of the sugary treatment. “Tastes good,” he acknowledged, licking and nibbling each tight peak in turn until I was arching up wildly underneath him, close to coming just from the wet slide of his mouth on my nipples. “Oh fuck, Evan,” I pleaded shamelessly, “need more … need you….” My lover raised his head from my chest and ran a hand down its length, over my stomach to the thatch of curls, wet with his saliva and my pre-come, that was the only hair left on my torso. “You did so well, Mac. Will you let me do something else?” he asked seductively, threading his fingers through the damp thicket. My cock wilted noticeably at the thought of wax – even sugar wax – coming anywhere near its home turf. Evan noticed my tremor of discomfort and laughed merrily. “Donʼt worry love, Iʼm not planning a bikini wax,” he chortled, enjoying himself more than was called for in my opinion. “I want to shave you. Do you remember how good it felt when I shaved your mustache?” It had felt incredibly sexy when heʼd used a straight-edge to remove the thick mustache Iʼd grown for an earlier role, though the fact that we were both naked and I was buried ballsdeep inside him at the time might have had something to do with it. My cock wasnʼt sure it liked the idea of six inches of razor-sharp steel so close to its base, but I could never say no to Evan, especially when he used that pleading puppy-dog look on me. “Okay,” I grumbled in agreement, hiding my own smile when his expression transformed with glee. It was little enough to make him this happy. The feel of Evan smoothing the warm shaving cream over my pubes and

the slow, careful strokes of the razor were still surprisingly arousing, even if he wasnʼt clenching his sinfully tight ass around me this time. When he removed the last of the foam with a warm cloth and ran his palm appreciatively over the denuded flesh, the pleasure was indescribable. And when Evan lowered his head and engulfed me in his mouth, his fingers tracing patterns over the newlybared skin, I nearly bucked myself off the bed. His talented mouth tantalized and teased me, his fingers gliding from base to balls to butt and back again, until I was straining against the restraints and all but gibbering with need. ʻPlease, baby. Let me go,” I pleaded, needing to hold him, to touch him. He lifted his mouth, leaving my cock screaming for him to come back and finish what heʼd started, and shook his head. “Youʼre so fucking sexy like this,” he crooned, teasing his fingers beneath the soft leather cuffs on each wrist. “Iʼll let you do whatever you want to me later, but I have to have you this way. I just canʼt decide if I want to ride you or fuck you….” My cock is usually not shy about making its opinion known, but at this point it was so damn hard it didnʼt care how it got off. “Whatever you want, just make up your fucking mind,” I growled unrepentantly, shifting to wrap my legs around his waist in an insistent embrace. I was going to be sore as hell tomorrow, but I wasnʼt letting him go until he fucking did something. Evan dragged his fist over my leaking length, making me hiss. “Feels so good when youʼre inside me,” he considered, raising his hips ʼtil the tip of my cock danced against his entrance. I pushed upward eagerly, but he pulled away to kneel again between my legs. “Evan,” I growled dangerously, tightening my legs around his hips. “But Iʼd have to take time to prepare myself, and youʼre already open for me, arenʼt you, love?” He plunged his thumbs inside me, pushing against the sides of the tight channel and nudging the opening with the tip of his cock. “Yesss….” I gasped, thrusting forward to force him deeper inside. “Fucking do it, Evan, fuck me already….” He leaned forward and slammed his tongue into my mouth, thrusting to the hilt inside me at the same time. I rocked wildly beneath him, setting a desperate pace for his shuddering strokes. When he unlocked my shins from around his waist and raised them to his shoulders, changing angles to hit my prostate with every snap of his hips, I howled out my release, spraying creamy fluid over both our chests. Evan came inside me a moment later, crying out my name before collapsing on top of me in a boneless heap. I must have spaced out for a minute, because the next thing I knew Evan was unbuckling the restraints, lovingly kissing the reddened marks around each wrist. “Are you okay, love?” he asked with concern, rolling off me to curl against my side. “It wasnʼt too much for you?” “It was incredible,” I reassured him, kissing him tenderly. His hand played in the puddle of pearly liquid that pooled around my belly button, the sensation of his fingers sliding without friction against my skin already beginning to reawaken my desire.

“Youʼre pretty incredible yourself,” he murmured, spreading the moistness over my rapidly resurgent erection. “I did promise to let you do anything you want to me….” One kiss from his delectable lips quickly turned from languid to urgent. This time it was his turn to moan needily as I broke the kiss. “Hold that thought,” I told him, rising to pad noiselessly into the kitchen. I sometimes wondered if Evan found my sexual tastes too vanilla, but his reaction to the leather restraints had inspired an idea that I hoped would bring my love as much pleasure as he had just given me. Finding what I sought, I returned to the bedroom, grateful that Molly was a large dog and Evan had a slender throat. “Hands and knees,” I commanded, watching his eyes light up when he saw what I held. As I buckled the collar around his throat and positioned myself behind him, I thought it might be a good idea to check out that leather shop myself sometime soon. Anything that got Evan this excited was definitely worth exploring further. I patted his curly head with one hand and wrapped the lead around my other fist with a smile. “Good boy,” I praised him, my cock nudging his ass as he wriggled happily against me. “Letʼs do it doggy-style.”

SHAKING my head at the memory – that idea of mine hadturned into more of a success than Iʼd ever imagined – my breathcaught in my throat at the next item in the basket. It was a bottleof champagne – the same brand Iʼd bought the last time Iʼd sharedchampagne with Evan, on his birthday. There was a thin blackribbon around the neck of the bottle, with a tiny pink satin roseattached. I lifted the flower to my lips and closed my eyes, lettingremembrance wash over me.

Birthday Suit MY gaze flicked to the clock for the fifth time in as many minutes, willing the moments to pass more quickly, smiling to myself at my impatience. Glancing around the room and checking over the supplies one more time, I confirmed again that everything was ready. I, personally, was more than ready. Drawing a deep breath, I tried to tamp down the arousal that was already building in anticipation of what I was about to do. I had a full day to indulge in all the activities I had spent the last week or more fantasizing about, twenty-four hours to turn the tables on the man who had come to mean more to me than I had ever imagined possible, twenty-four hours beginning – now! I could feel the smile spreading across my face as I entered the bedroom and sat on the edge of the bed. As eager as I was to begin, I took a moment to indulge myself in merely gazing my fill at my loverʼs face. In repose, the energy and enthusiasm that were so much a part of Evanʼs being were muted, making the pure beauty of his features – the wide, smooth forehead, the gracefully arched brows, the fringe of dark lashes hiding his bottomless brown eyes, the elegantly carved cheekbones, the hint of stubble that shadowed his chin, the delectably bowed lips – all the more striking. I would never understand what I had done to deserve this angel in my life, but I had stopped questioning my good fortune. Right now, my only goal was to show him exactly how much he meant to me. Leaning forward, I gently drew back the sheet that covered him and

pressed a soft kiss to his cheek. “Wake up, baby,” I murmured against his ear as he stirred restively against the bed linens. His long lashes fluttered and then swept open, his sleepy gaze focusing on my face. “Mac? Iʼm sorry I fell asleep. What time is it, love?” “Donʼt apologize, you needed to rest,” I told him lovingly. Since I was stuck on location for at least another month, Evan had flown in to spend his birthday with me, but the eleven hour flight from L.A. to Amsterdam had taken its toll on him, especially since he hadnʼt yet learned my trick of being able to sleep anywhere. When Iʼd met him at the airport yesterday afternoon after filming wrapped for the weekend, he was barely able to keep his eyes open. Iʼd taken him to the hotel, ordered him a light meal and then put him to bed. After indulging in some quick, sweet lovemaking – it had been three weeks since weʼd seen each other, after all – no matter how tired he was, there was no way weʼd been able to resist! – I held him in my arms until he fell asleep, and then slipped away to begin my preparations for today. “Itʼs – ” I checked the clock – “three minutes after midnight on November 15th. Which means itʼs officially your birthday. Happy birthday, Evan!” He wrapped his arms around my neck and pulled me into a deep, heartstopping kiss. My cock awoke from its own nap to strongly recommend getting horizontal and giving him his birthday present right away. Evan seemed to agree, sliding a hand to my hips and urging me silently to join him in the bed. I broke the kiss and lifted my head reluctantly, rising to my feet and extending a hand to my sleep-rumpled lover. “Get up, baby. I have a special birthday surprise for you.” “Iʼm up already,” Evan admitted, stroking languidly over his lengthening erection. He smiled at me seductively, licking his lips as he played with the droplets of fluid already moistening the tip of his slender cock. “Why donʼt you come down here and wish me a happy birthday properly?” I was sorely tempted, but today was about his pleasure, not my own. Shaking my head with a smile, I pulled his hand away from his cock and drew him to his feet, letting him wrap himself against me for a brief moment of delicious full-body contact before turning to lead him the short distance to the bathroom. “I think youʼll enjoy what I have planned for you,” I told him over my shoulder, opening the door to let him precede me into the adjoining room. The hotel Iʼd been living in for the last six weeks was much more luxurious than my average location accommodations. Normally I was so exhausted by the end of each dayʼs shoot that the only amenity I was interested in was the bed, but I was glad I could offer Evan something that approached the elegance of his salon. Iʼd left the lights dim but lit several candles around the marble-tiled room, and drawn a warm bath in the deep Jacuzzi tub. The air was fragrant with Evanʼs favorite citrusy scent, from the candles and the scented oil Iʼd added to the bathwater. I led him to the tub and helped him settle into the water, shaking my head again when he raised his arms, inviting me to join him. The tub was big enough

to hold us both, and I promised myself weʼd take advantage of it before the weekend was over, but on this day I had other plans for my lover. “You just relax for a little,” I told him, turning on the radio to a soft jazz station. “I want to be sure your back isnʼt bothering you after that long flight.” I slid my hand into the water to be sure the temperature was just right, turned the jets on low, and padded to the living room to pop open the bottle of champagne Iʼd left chilling. I carried a flute back to the bathroom and offered it to him with a smile. “Mmmnnnn … arenʼt you joining me?” he asked, a puzzled note in his voice when he noticed I had brought only one wineglass. I shook my head again before turning to gather some supplies from the dressing table. Youʼre all the intoxication I need, I thought to myself, but it sounded too much like a line from one of my movies to say out loud. Instead, I knelt beside the tub and took the flute from him, setting it on the side of the tub and gathering his hands in mine. “You always take such good care of me,” I told him, my voice thick with emotion. “Today itʼs my turn to take care of you. Let me do this for you, baby. Let me show you how much your love means to me.” Tears sparkled on his lashes as he nodded, a smile of pure joy lighting his face. My heart swelled to know that I had put that look there. Another part of my anatomy simply swelled, making me glad I was wearing only a loose pair of soft linen trousers. The way my cock was throbbing already, I was in for a long day. Easy,buddy, I told myself sternly. My cock, never very attentive at the best of times, merely twitched in disdain and told me to get a move on. Deciding that wasnʼt bad advice, I reached into the steaming water and drew Evanʼs feet out to rest on the edge of the tub. Opening a small bottle of polish, I carefully painted his nails a deep burgundy, admiring the contrast of the rich tone against his olive skin. His breathing quickened as my fingers cradled each foot, enjoying the contact with his warm skin but not lingering. I painted his fingernails in turn, dropping a moist kiss into each palm before I arranged his hands on either side of the tub to dry. He looked up at me with heavy-lidded eyes, passion simmering just below the surface of his umber gaze. “Very nice,” he purred, examining the fingers of one hand more closely. “I like the color.” He leaned back, a picture of relaxed languor as he reclined in the marble tub, his limbs outspread, his semi-rigid cock swaying gently amid the swirling bubbles. I watched him in heart-filled silence for a moment, but when he sat up to reach for another sip of champagne, I held his shoulders to keep him from lying back down. “Lean back and let me wash your hair,” I instructed him, sliding an arm around his back for support and running the other hand through his sable curls when they slipped beneath the water. I couldnʼt resist kissing him when I helped him sit back up, slicking away the streaming water from his face and cradling it in my hands to drink the moisture from his lips. Before I could lose myself in that temptation, I broke away and poured a handful of shampoo into my palms, working it into a lather in his

silky tresses. He moaned as my strong fingers massaged his scalp. Iʼd been the recipient of such caresses from Evan enough times to know how erotic the seemingly mundane act of washing a loverʼs hair could be. The feel of his fingers moving through my hair and rubbing circles onto my scalp always left me achingly hard, and I did my best now to bestow as much pleasure on Evan as his touch always gave me. The groans escaping his lips as I continued the massage seemed to indicate I was succeeding. I could have gone on playing with Evanʼs hair for hours, but after a few more minutes he arched his back, dropping his head below the water and incidentally revealing a now fully-hard cock to my appreciative gaze. My hand reached out to ghost over its tip before I could stop myself, but I drew it back almost immediately. It was far too soon for that. Returning the sharp glance Evan gave me when he erupted out of the water with my best innocent stare, I sluiced the excess moisture from his hair. Turning off the jets and opening the drain, I gave Evan my hand and helped him to stand. My pulse pounded as I watched the rivulets of water stream off his smooth, firm flesh. Venus rising out of the sea had nothing on Evanʼs beauty. Then his eyes met mine, filled with so much love that even his physical allure was dimmed by it. I fought back another urge to simply lead him into the bedroom and make love to him immediately. No matter how many times I had demonstrated the rewards of patience, my cock never managed to retain the lesson. “Careful, itʼs slippery,” I cautioned as he climbed out of the tub, holding open one of the luxuriously thick towels for him to step into. His hands reached for the terrycloth, but I brushed them aside. “This is my pleasure,” I insisted, kneeling to blot up every drop of water from his body, from his toes up. “You donʼt have to do anything today but enjoy.” A purr of contentment issued from Evanʼs throat, and his hands closed around my shoulders for stability. When I had dried the last glittering droplets from the curves of his ears, I tucked the towel around him and sat him in the swiveling stool before the dressing table. With a dry towel, I blotted as much of the dampness as I could from the thick mane of his hair. Knowing how much I love his curls, Evan had begun to let them grow, and by now they nearly reached his shoulders. I pumped a handful of glossy conditioner into my palms, rubbing them together and working it into his curls until they bobbed and gleamed. A hum of pleasure rumbled in Evanʼs chest as I tweaked and patted the dark locks into a semblance of barely restrained order. Wiping my hands and setting aside the towel, I considered my loverʼs face for a moment, rubbing the back of my hand over the light shade of stubble on his chin. Evan arched into my touch, for all the world like a cat nudging to be petted. The slight scratchiness didnʼt bother me, but knowing how much care Evan took in his appearance, I though heʼd prefer to be clean-shaven. So I retrieved my razor and shaving cream, spreading the lather over his face and carefully working the blade against his skin. I could feel my cock thickening inside my slacks as I remembered the times Evan had shaved me, and the

slight tremble as I held his chin told me Evan was remembering too. Careful not to knick his flawless skin, I stripped away the last light whiskers and toweled off any lingering foam, leaving his face smooth and clean – the perfect canvas for what I planned next. I bent my knees until my face was level with Evanʼs, and cupping the back of his head in my palm, I brought him forward to touch my lips to his. The fire of passion that always lay banked between us flared to life, and his tongue met mine hungrily, surging into my mouth and dueling with mine until we were both gasping for breath. Disengaging myself gently, I rested my forehead against his and met his eyes, darkened with desire. “Evan,” I asked softly, “do you trust me?” The thrill of excitement that flashed across his face eased any doubts I might have felt. Until now, it had always been Evan saying those words to me, words that had become a signal that he was about to introduce me to some new form of sensuous play. I had always been content to let Evan take the lead in our games, and the results were never less than mind-blowing, but today was the first time I had asked for control. To my surprised delight, I saw that Evan was not only willing but happy to cede that power to me. “Always,” he told me seriously, though an imp of mischief danced in his eyes. “Always, and in everything.” I didnʼt really need to hear the echo of my own words; the trust in his voice was as obvious as his love and his need. “I love you,” I whispered against his lips as I claimed another kiss before drawing away. Opening a nearby drawer, I took out the small case I had placed there and paused to consider. It would be easiest for me to sit on the edge of the dressing table, but I didnʼt want Evan squirming to look in the mirror as I worked. Instead, I knelt before him, placing the case on his lap and opening it to reveal… “Makeup?” Evan husked, the quaver in his voice betraying his excitement. I shrugged a bit diffidently. “I wasnʼt sure I could carry off some of the treatments youʼve given me, but makeup, I know. And I thought it might be something youʼd enjoy.” Given his enthusiasm for painting my nails, Iʼd been fairly sure it wouldnʼt turn him off, but I was thrilled by how much it seemed to appeal to him. “Oh, yeah,” he rasped breathily. “Fuck, Mac, yeah.” His perfect skin didnʼt need any foundation, but I brushed a sweep of dusty rose blush over each high cheekbone to emphasize it. Selecting a dark pencil, I outlined each eye with a thin line of kohl, then covered the lids with a smoky brown shadow. Though his lashes were already long and thick, I combed a coat of mascara on to accentuate them, leaning over him as I worked. The towel covering his lap couldnʼt hide the growing swell of his arousal, not that I was in any better state myself. “Does this turn you on, Evan?” I growled, running my hand lightly over the tented fabric. “Does it make you hard to imagine what you look like, how beautiful Iʼm making you for me?”

His moan was so wanton that I couldnʼt stop myself from kissing him again, tasting his lips so hungrily that they were swollen when I pulled away at last. The deep wine-red lipstick I stroked over them looked sinful against his honey-toned skin. When I was satisfied with my artistry at last, I turned the stool to face the mirror, letting him see himself in the glass. The image that stared back at me was a sloe-eyed houri from some oriental fairy-tale, a seducer sent to lead men to paradise. “Mac,” he groaned, rising to pull me into his arms. I buried my face in the curve of his shoulder, not wanting to mar the results of my efforts. My cock surged as our bodies molded to each other, our groins rubbing together needily, but when he reached for the soft cloth tie of my trousers, I forced myself to step back. I ignored the howl of protest from below my waist, knowing that once he touched me I would be lost, and there was still so much more I wanted to do to him first. Evanʼs own wail of protest when I pulled away turned to a coo of delight when I returned a moment later with a large, brightly wrapped package. “I bought you a present,” I told him, my nerves dancing with anticipation. Evan all but snatched it from my hands and tore into the wrappings with the excitement of a six-year-old. I held my breath as he opened the box and pushed aside the layers of tissue. His gasp of surprised joy was exactly the reaction Iʼd been hoping for. “Mac,” he exclaimed, his eyes flickering back and forth between the contents of the box and my face. “Mac, I fucking love it! Where did you find it?” “Just something I saw in a shop window,” I murmured. That was true enough, though it had been a woman Iʼd seen wearing it as I browsed Amsterdamʼs red-light district in search of gift ideas. The image of Evan that flashed through my mind at that moment had made me so hard, it was all I could do to keep from stroking myself to completion right there on the streetcorner. “Help me put it on,” he pleaded, lifting the confection of dusky pink silk and delicate black lace from its nest of tissue. I wrapped the corset around his torso, my fingers shaking as I fastened the dozens of tiny hook-and-eye closures. It would be hard as hell if I wanted to take it off quickly, but that didnʼt concern me – I hoped to enjoy him in it the rest of the day. When the last closure was fastened, I straightened the ribs and smoothed my hands over the filmy lace top. Iʼd gotten the smallest cup size they had, and Evanʼs nipples were already so hard they peeked through the gauzy fabric. My fingers teased at them as I nuzzled the base of his neck, his moans of pleasure encouraging me to suck harder until Iʼd left a purpled mark. Sliding to my knees, I reached into the box for the matching black lace stockings. Lifting one foot to rest on my thigh, I gathered the fragile material and carefully worked it over his toes, past his calf and up the length of his thigh. As I fastened the thin elastic garter strap to the stocking top, Evan rubbed his foot over the firm bulge in my crotch. “I think youʼre enjoying my present as much as I am,” he whispered

seductively. “Weʼre both going to enjoy it even more,” I promised, raising his other foot and sliding the second stocking into place. Evan repeated the teasing pressure as I did, and my cock was so wet it was leaking through the front of my slacks by the time I fastened the second garter into place. Ignoring its increasingly insistent demands for relief, I removed the next items from the box, buckling the black ankle-strap sandals onto Evanʼs slender feet. Sitting back on my heels, I gazed up in awe at the vision my lover made, his lithe body encased in silk and lace, his eyes dark with passion beneath the sultry outlines of kohl. “You are so beautiful,” I breathed, burning his image into my memory. “I wish I were an artist and could paint you, or a photographer so I could capture the way you look right now.” “You make me beautiful,” he whispered, “what I feel for you is beautiful … make love to me, Mac, please….” He tugged at my shoulders until I rose and seized my mouth, kissing me passionately. He tasted of lipstick and champagne and every sweet thing Iʼd ever savored. Our hips rocked together, finding a rhythm that pressed us together constantly, fanning the conflagration that burned between us. Only when Evan reached again for the waist of my slacks did I regain enough awareness to stop him. “Please,” he whimpered, “want you, want you to fuck me….” “Oh, I will, baby,” I panted, fighting for control over my own spiraling desire. “I will, but thereʼs so much I want to do to you first….” I pushed him gently back onto the seat and knelt between his legs. Lifting one of his sandal-clad feet, I brought it to my mouth, lapping at the polished toes that peeped through the gossamer lace. Evan had shown me, our very first time together, how erogenous feet could be, and I re-taught him that lesson now, sucking each toe into my mouth, tracing the straps of the sandals with my tongue, thrusting into the hollow of his instep. I licked and nipped my way up his ankle, following the circumference of the leather band that encircled it, then kissed a slow path up his leg, laving his skin through the openings in the lace. When I reached the top of the stocking, high up his thigh, I paused, spending long moments tracing and re-tracing the lacy border, delving beneath it to taste his skin directly, until Evan was trembling steadily beneath my mouth. Then I repeated the entire amorous journey up his other leg. Evan whimpered and gasped, his fists clenching and unclenching at his sides as my ministrations drove him higher and higher. Once I had lavished equal attention on each limb, I straightened and pulled Evan forward, so my mouth could reach the top of corset where it hugged his smooth chest. He rocked his pelvis against my stomach as I echoed the trails I had traced on his thighs over the lacy corset-top, using my thumbs to tease his nipples to diamond-hard points. When he cried out my name, I lowered my mouth to engulf first one and then the other, soaking the diaphanous fabric with my saliva as I suckled him through it. His cock leaked a ring of pre-come onto my trousers, adding to my own

wetness. “God, Mac, please,” he whispered brokenly as my hands slid up and down the line of the corset-ribs, moving lower on each stroke but never trespassing below the hem. “Please, oh god, please….” “Please what, baby?” I asked him, slowly kissing my way down the center of his chest, nipping at each spot where a silken flower adorned the dampening lace. “Tell me what you want me to do to you….” He canted his hips with abandon, rubbing himself against me shamelessly. “Your mouth … want it … on me … Mac, please….” Dropping back to my heels, my mouth returned to the tops of his stockings, but this time I traced a path upward, drawing the flat of my tongue on either side of the thin line of his garters, sliding beneath them when I reached the top to follow the crease where his leg and hip met. He was undulating constantly now, trying to force the contact he craved. “Please, Mac … aahhh … lick me … suck me, please….” “Put your legs on my shoulders, baby,” I coaxed him, helping position his sandals against my collarbones, his knees falling apart so he was opened to me completely. We both groaned as I slid my hands from his ankles up the length of each lace-clad leg to cup his buttocks beneath the hem of the corset. Unable to deny what we both wanted any longer, I buried my face in his crotch, breathing in the fragrance of citrus mixed with musk. Iʼd debated whether to shave him earlier, remembering how erotic it had felt when heʼd shaved me, but I loved the scent and the feel of Evanʼs curls too much to sacrifice them. I licked and nuzzled my way through his thatch, drinking in the taste of his sweat and pre-come, while my hands gently cradled his heavy sac. “You taste so fucking good,” I moaned, sliding one hand back into the folds of his crease as I sucked his balls into my mouth. He groaned beneath me until I let them slide from my lips and followed the path my fingers had traced with my tongue, lapping over his opening as I teased it with my fingertips. A steady stream of whimpers, interspersed with gasping breaths, fell from Evanʼs lips as I delved into the hot channel, spreading his cheeks with my hands to let me probe deeper with each thrust of my tongue. My own hips were rocking now, keeping time as I fucked him with my mouth, the friction of the soft cloth against my rock-hard erection nearly enough to bring me off myself. That wasnʼt how I wanted to come, though, so I slid two fingers into my mouth, wetting them thoroughly before slipping them inside him as I withdrew my tongue. Curling them until I felt the bump of his prostate, I let my mouth taste his cock at last, licking around the base and in long, wet swipes up its length. Evan was moaning with every breath, writhing against my fingers in an everincreasing frenzy. “Fuck, Mac, close … so fucking close … gonna come … please … gonna come….” “Come for me,” I pleaded, my fingers stroking deep inside as my mouth devoured him, licking and biting but never closing around him. “Come for me … come on me….” With a wailing cry, he stiffened underneath me and then erupted, creamy

spurts of come splashing onto my lips and cheeks. Only then did I let my tongue caress the tip of his spasming cock. Dropping his feet from my shoulders, Evan seized me and dragged me up the length of his body, his mouth plundering mine, the come on my face smearing the color from his lips as he lapped it up. I thrust my tongue into his mouth, the kiss hard and deep and wet as I humped against him, desperate now to find my own release. This time it was his turn to draw back, framing my face in his hands and covering it with small, moist kisses. Panting raggedly, I fought for control over the screaming need to come that wracked me. I groaned harshly when Evanʼs hands trailed down my chest to reach once again for the waist of my trousers. One hand slid open the tie that held them closed, while the other stroked teasingly over the soaking fabric stretched over my cock. “Poor Little Mac,” he crooned, pushing the slacks over my hips to pool at my feet. “He hasnʼt been enjoying the party very much yet, has he? And heʼs the best present I could possibly get.” Evanʼs pet name for my cock always made me smile. “Heʼs yours,” I assured him, sliding back to my knees, “always, any way you want to use him….” A sense of rightness filled me as I spoke the words. This was a gift I hadnʼt thought to give, but seeing the flare in Evanʼs eyes, I suddenly knew it was one I wanted to offer. I bowed my head and knelt quietly, ignoring the ache between my legs, holding my breath as I waited for Evanʼs response. His hand lifted my chin gently, a look of wonder suffusing his face. “Just knowing you trust me enough to offer that to me means so much,” he whispered, his thumb caressing my cheek. I could feel the love between us like a physical connection, a chain of gold that linked his heart and mine. “Some day, yeah?” he murmured, drawing me back up against him, “but not today … Iʼm enjoying your pampering me too much to want you to stop.” My cock, free of all restraints at last, surged eagerly against Evan, indulging in the contrast of slick silk and raspy lace against its hyper-sensitive skin. “Tell me what you want, then,” I pleaded, my body rocking against his as our mouths melded together again, gasping the words between kisses. “Tell me … how you … want me….” “Fuck me,” he moaned against my lips, sucking on my tongue as if he were giving me head. “So deep … want you … so deep … need to … feel you….” I let myself glide back down his body, kicking off my slacks after grabbing the lube from the pocket. Kneeling back on my heels, my cock jutted up stiffly, quivering with need. Heʼd been so patient, really, but as I smoothed a slick handful of gel over its length, that patience reached its end. Luckily, Evan was eyeing me with a predatory hunger that matched my own. “Cʼmere, baby,” I urged, opening my arms to him. He crawled onto my thighs and straddled me, his hand joining mine around the base of my cock. Shifting until my head nudged against his wet opening, he lowered himself onto

me, taking all of me in a single slow stroke that left both of us gasping for breath. “Oh God, Mac, so good, you feel so fucking good….” We were both too desperate now for slow and gentle. My fingers dug into Evanʼs hips as he rode up and down fiercely, clutching my shoulders and biting at my neck. I freed a hand to push his head upward, crushing his swollen, stained mouth against mine. I slammed up into each pump of his hips, the ribs of the corset scraping against my belly, his cock leaking between us where it jutted out from beneath the dampened black lace. “Never like this … never … with anyone else….” he moaned, throwing his head back as his body bowed with the strength of his thrusts. “Always,” I insisted, “…always … this perfect … every time … with you….” I grabbed Evanʼs ass and embedded myself in him, rocking in short stabbing jolts as my orgasm roared through me, shaking me with wave after wave of ecstasy. Evan cried out my name and collapsed against my chest, his cock coating my stomach with come, the thick droplets catching in the corsetʼs lacy trim. I cradled him to my chest as we panted in repletion, stroking his back until our careening heartbeats slowed to a normal rhythm. He turned his head to nuzzle at my chin, working his way toward my mouth. We traded lazy, languorous kisses, still kneeling on the cool marble tiles, until the hard-worked muscles in our legs finally demanded relief. “This is the best birthday ever,” Evan purred as he slid off me slowly and helped me to stand. “And it isnʼt over yet,” I told him, turning him back toward the box that still held the last part of his present. His eyes lit again as he held the long, side-slit skirt against his legs. “Try it on, babe,” I cajoled. “I hope it fits, ʼcause I want to take you dancing….” My cock did its own happy dance as Evan launched himself back into my arms.

UNDERNEATH the bottle of champagne, padding thebottom of the basket, was a thick, soft terry-cloth mitt. “Use thisfor washing ONLY!” said the note pinned to the wristband. Iguess Evan didnʼt trust me with the rest of that particulartreatment….

Cling Wrap “FRENCH Body Gommage.” Evanʼs words caught me completely by surprise. I looked up from my current obsession with the hollow between his neck and collarbone with a startled frown. “Say what?” “French Body Gommage,” Evan repeated. “Thatʼs what Iʼm going to do to you. Itʼs an exfoliating body rub.” He leered at me most intently. “Just think about it, Mac. My hands rubbing over every inch of your skin for over an hour. I know youʼd like that.” He prodded me to sit on the edge of the table and settled on my lap. “It would feel so good.” Evanʼs hands on me in any way whatsoever sounded pretty damn fantastic. If I had to put up with some herbal-smelling goop as part of the package, well, that was fine with me. Iʼd been away on location shooting for weeks, and while we spent every night on the phone with each other, my own hands never gave me a tenth of the pleasure Evanʼs did. Besides, the sun and wind at the desert camp had been pretty brutal – my skin probably could use some exfoliating. I snorted as I realized how much my loverʼs fascination with personal care had begun to infect me. Evan took my silence for consent and stood, pulling me to my feet as well. “Strip,” he ordered, going to the cabinet where he kept all his supplies. My eyes followed him hungrily. Weʼd been apart too long and not back together long enough for me to let him out of my sight any time soon. I did as he said, though, beginning to unbutton my flannel shirt and jeans. Getting naked sounded pretty damn good, too. I watched him stretch and bend to gather the things he needed, his every move elegant and graceful, and gave thanks once again to whatever god

watched over B-movie actors for blessing me with my priceless lover. A particularly deep bend stretched the softly clinging material of his charcoal grey slacks over the delectable curves of his ass, and my cock was quick to signal its appreciation of the view. “Does getting naked apply to you, too?” I asked hopefully. Evan turned back around and grinned at me. “Now, Mr. Kerr,” he teased, “it is not the policy of this salon for the employees to have relations with the customers. Itʼs unprofessional.” I knew he was joking – weʼd had ʻrelations,ʼ as he put it, the first time I came in – but then his hands moved to the hem of his sweater, pulling it up slowly, and I decided to simply enjoy the pleasure of watching his olive skin come into view. “Iʼd hate for you to be unprofessional,” I agreed, licking my lips as I caught a glimpse of the rising sun tattoo that was such an uncanny counterpart to my own moon and star tat. Evan had insisted, the first time heʼd noticed them, that they meant we were fated to come together. I wasnʼt sure at the time how weʼd make it work – we seemed to be such opposites in every way – but heʼd more than convinced me there was no one else Iʼd rather share my life with. He completed me, soothed me when I was irritated, healed me when I ached. And if he didnʼt finish taking off his clothes and do something about the ache he was causing right now, I was going to take matters into my own hands. Fortunately, Evan seemed to feel the same way, because his pants hit the floor only a second behind his sweater, leaving him wearing nothing but a tiny g-string. I raised my eyebrow at that, but he just smirked at me. “Lie down on the table,” he said firmly. I almost obeyed, but decided I needed a kiss first. Walking over to where he was standing, I cupped his cheeks between my hands, angling his head so I could close my lips over his, mating our mouths the way we had already mated our hearts. Evan let me control the kiss for a heady moment before a slap on my ass reminded me firmly who was in charge here. “I said lie down,” he ordered me again, pulling away from my arms and pushing me toward the linen-covered treatment table. I lowered myself onto the decadently soft sheets, adjusting my position on the headrest, while my cock grumbled about being flattened beneath my body. A mental image of a spa table with a strategic hollow to accommodate a raging hard-on flashed through my lust-addled brain, and I couldnʼt help but chuckle at the idea. I could hear Evan moving around in the room, bottles clinking as he finished his preparations. Then his hands were on my shoulders, spreading a thick, gritty cream onto my body. It felt incredible on my dry skin, like a sip of water after a long day of filming. I could swear I felt my skin absorbing the moisture immediately. Little by little, he worked his way down my back, the thick layer of lotion heavy on my flesh. “This is gommage,” he explained as he coated me in the aromatic paste. It smelled fresh, like some kind of herbs mixed with citrus. “Itʼs made with natural plant extracts, kaolin, and macadamia oil. Gommage means ʻerasureʼ in French – it erases the damage that exposure to sun and the elements does to your

skin.” He paused to drop a moist kiss on the tanned strip at the back of my neck. “The clay helps slough off the top layer of skin cells, and the oils rehydrate the new layer underneath. Itʼs going to leave your skin incredibly smooth and supple.” Yeah, whatever –as long as it involved his hands on my body, it was all good with me. Once he had spread the cream over every exposed inch of my skin, he began to massage it in, using deep, circular rubbing motions. Starting with my arms, he stroked and circled until the cream was fully absorbed, working his way from my fingers and palms, up my forearms and biceps, and higher still to my shoulder-blades, lingering over the spots, like the insides of my elbows, that were especially sensitive. Then he repeated the same sweet torture on my legs, caressing toes, insteps, ankles, calves, knees, thighs, until I was quivering in the hope of where he would put his hands next. I almost asked. I wanted to ask. I wanted his hands on my ass, kneading the skin there, giving it the same loving treatment he had given the rest of my body. Before I could voice the request, his hands were there, smoothing over my butt, rubbing the cream into skin that rarely saw the sun – certainly not in the desert – but that didnʼt seem to matter. He lingered there as he had lingered everywhere else. My cock was throbbing against the sheets again, especially when a gritty finger teased along my cleft and over my hole. My whole body clenched at that touch, and a moan escaped my lips. I couldnʼt help but push up into that tantalizing caress, but I knew my lover too well by now to expect that he was ready to end my torment so soon. The finger slid away as his hands started to work their way up my back, leaving my cock to call him every rude name its aching little head could think of. “Tease,” I hissed as he straddled me to reach my deltoids, his ass pressing down on mine as he let me feel his weight settling against me. “Mercilessly,” Evan agreed, rubbing his silk-covered erection into my crease. I pushed back against him, only to feel another firm smack dissuading me. “Not with this cream on you,” he cautioned. “The grains that exfoliate your skin would really hurt if I made love to you now.” He lifted up a little. “Turn over.” He raised his hips just enough to let me roll onto my back. I groaned as my cock, ecstatic at being freed from captivity, sprang up eagerly, rubbing itself against the front of the sinfully abbreviated sack that covered him. To both our dismay, he slid away from the contact to scoop up another handful of the thick exfoliant cream. “Just relax,” he told me. “Let me see to the rest of you.” My eyes drifted shut as his hands started at my neck and worked lower, covering me in the thick lotion, not rubbing it in yet, just letting it rest on my skin. My abs tightened as his hands spread the gel over my stomach, coasting to the very edge of my curls before moving away to work down my legs. I groaned in protest, my cock twitching in its bid for attention. “I canʼt use any of this on Little Mac,” Evan told me in a sympathetic voice, though I could see the mischief dancing in his dark chocolate eyes. “The skin there is too sensitive, the abrasives in the gommage would tear him up.”

Despite my cockʼs insistence that it was tough enough to take it, I knew Evan was right, so I tried to will myself to patience while he continued massaging the rest of my skin. My success was sketchy at best – my cock was leaking a steady thread of fluid down its length before he finally worked in the last of the cream. Reaching for a damp towel on the cart next to the table, Evan wiped his hands free of the exfoliant and squirted liquid from another bottle into his hand. “This, on the other hand,” he said with a smirk, “is perfect for Little Mac.” And with no other warning than that, he circled my cock in his hand and subjected it to the same thorough massage heʼd given the rest of me. I couldnʼt help it. I bucked up into his hand frantically. Threading my hands into the tangle of curls I loved so much, I pulled him down into a hard kiss, moaning into his mouth as the smooth friction of his hand brought me the fierce pleasure I craved. My own cream pulsed over my stomach as he continued to stroke me gently, as if he were rubbing that into my skin, too. “Feel better?” Evan asked me, laughter tingeing his voice. I managed a weak nod. “Good, because that was just the first stage of this treatment.” He reached over to the cart again and came back with a thick glove that he slid over his right hand. Coaxing me onto my stomach, he set his hand on my shoulder, letting me feel the heavy nap of the cloth. Then he started to rub, the thick cloth gently scrubbing the gommage against my skin. Itʼs a good thing heʼd let me come already, or I would have done it even without his hand on my cock. The soft nub of the mitt felt so good smoothing over my skin, especially when he rolled me on my back again and focused his attention on my chest, rubbing the mitt over my nipples until they were as hard as the river stones heʼd used on me once before. By the time he reached my abdomen, the slow circle of his hand had brought my erection back to demanding life. And this time, I promised it, I wouldnʼt be coming alone. Except that his hand avoided my erection, yet again. I knew it was because the mitt was covered in the gritty lotion, but that didnʼt stop my desire to feel the cloth on my eager flesh. I was just about to ask if he had another one of those gloves when he stopped touching me entirely and got up off the table. “Evan?” I asked softly. “Into the shower,” he replied with a leer as he removed the mitt and offered me his hand. I followed him into the sybaritic shower area that adjoined the treatment rooms, gathering up an armful of thick towels as Evan adjusted the water temperature in one of the stalls. Since it was after hours, there was no possibility weʼd be disturbed, so I had no hesitancy in pulling him inside the spacious cubicle with me before closing the etched-glass door. “No more teasing,” I growled, backing him against the tiled wall and holding him there with the weight of my body as I kissed him thoroughly, plundering his mouth with the insatiable need to taste him. Evan returned the kiss, and I could feel his cock pressing against mine as I rubbed demandingly against him. Reaching down, I tore at the g-string he still wore, pulling it off and baring his erection. He indulged me for a moment, then pulled away and angled my back into the water. “After we get you clean,” he

declared firmly, his hands renewing their journey over every inch of my skin. I relented long enough to let Evan rinse the last of the gommage cream from my body. Whatever was in that stuff, I had to admit it had done an incredible job. Evanʼs hands slid almost frictionlessly over me as he angled me this way and that under the water. It felt as if my skin had gained a million new nerve endings, every one of them tingling with electricity at my loverʼs touch. When I didnʼt think I could stand it a minute longer, I pushed him back against the wall and dropped to my knees, reaching behind him to grasp his butt cheeks and pull him to my face. Evan let out a most gratifying moan when I buried my nose in the dripping curls around his cock. I sucked him into my mouth, eager for the taste of him again. My hands closed around his hips, holding him in place as I licked up and down the hard flesh and then between his legs to tongue his sac. I couldnʼt get enough of his taste, and it seemed he couldnʼt get enough of my mouth, because his fingers clutched at my hair, urging me closer. Needing to make him half as needy as heʼd made me, I let my fingers play up and down his crack, following the trail of water that ran from his back. The increased tugs at my hair told me it was working, so I refined my touch to just tease around his puckered hole. When I felt him clenching under my fingers every time I slid over it, I worked in the tip of one finger, just enough to push through the tight ring of muscle. He obviously liked that, if the muffled moan he let out was any indication. Encouraged, I pushed in a little farther, hoping the water running freely over us would provide sufficient lubrication. I certainly didnʼt want to return all the pleasure heʼd given me with anything that even began to resemble pain. Sucking as much of Evanʼs slender shaft as I could into my mouth, I probed with my finger for that little knob of nerves that would short all his circuits. I was so focused on these two extremely pleasant tasks that I was caught off guard when Evan suddenly pulled out of my mouth. I would have fallen on my ass if he hadnʼt grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me back to my feet. “As wonderful as your mouth feels,” he told me, dropping playful kisses on the corners of my lips, “I donʼt want to come down your throat. I want to come buried in your tight, hot ass. If thatʼs all right with you?” All right with me? As wonderful as Evan feels filling my throat, he feels even better filling my ass. “Youʼre the professional,” I agreed, turning to lean against the shower wall in eager anticipation. Those well-loved, pampered, deceptively strong hands ran down my back to part my cheeks. I couldnʼt see what he was using for lube, but his fingers were slick when they started to toy with me as I had been toying with him. I pushed back against his probing, hungry for his touch. He obliged me instantly, a sign that he was as desperate to come as I was. That was good. I didnʼt know how much longer I could wait, and I really, really wanted him to come with me this time. I wasnʼt the only one who knew just what buttons to push on my lover –

with just a few swipes of those talented fingers, Evan had me all but gibbering. My cock thumped against the slick tile wall as I squirmed against him, telling me firmly that fingers were no longer enough. “Please, baby,” I moaned, too far gone to wait any longer. “Just fuck me, already.” Almost immediately, the fingers were gone and the head of his cock was bumping against my hole. “Yes,” I hissed, pushing back against him, wanting him inside me. He steadied me with his hands on my hips and pushed inside. “Oh, God, angel, fuck, please,” I babbled nonsensically. All that made sense to me in that moment was his cock inside me again after so long. Bracing myself with one hand against the shower wall, I reached behind me with the other, grabbing his ass cheek and pushing him even deeper inside. I wanted to feel every long, hard inch of him inside me, filling up all the emptiness of our weeks apart. Evan must have felt the same way, because he wrapped an arm around my chest and pounded into me, so strongly that I rocked into the wall with each powerful thrust. As much as I hated to let go, I needed to brace myself or I was going to get hurt. Putting both hands back on the tile, I spread my legs a little more to give Evan better access. His rhythm never faltered. If anything, it picked up speed, as if knowing how I felt. “Touch me,” I begged, needing his hands on my cock to help me come. His teeth fastened on the spot on my neck, just below my ear, that heʼd long since discovered was extra sensitive to his mouth. I could tell by the erratic rasp of his breath and the unsteady rhythm of his fist around my cock that he was nearly as ready to blow as I was. I squeezed my internal muscles around him, even harder when the deep moan vibrating against my back told me it was working. “Iʼm so fucking close,” I panted, trying to hold off just a little longer. “Come on, baby, come with me, come on….” He did. He slammed into me twice more, hitting my prostate as he bit down on my neck and squeezed my cock. Then I could feel him flooding me, hot and wet inside my hole. With a shudder, I came in long, ropy spurts, coating the wall in front of me. Feeling boneless and pretty damn wonderful, I leaned my weight against the cool tiles of the shower, Evanʼs body plastered against my back. “That treatment wasnʼt too bad,” I mumbled contentedly. “Guess you can add it to the ʻkeeperʼ list.” To be honest, there werenʼt many of Evanʼs ʻtreatmentsʼ that hadnʼt made the list – even the ill-fated attempt at an Egyptian mud facial had had its redeeming moments. “Weʼre not done yet,” Evan replied, kissing my neck. “I still have to put the moisturizer on your skin.” Before meeting Evan, I would have scoffed, but now, the thought of his hands smoothing more potions onto my skin bothered me not at all. I had long since learned to enjoy his pampering – and the lovemaking which seemed to be an inevitable after-effect. “Iʼm not going to smell like a fruit salad again, am I?” I asked, turning to rest my back against the wall and take him into my arms. The moisturizer could wait for another few minutes, while I took advantage of the opportunity to hold and kiss my alluring lover for the first time in far too many weeks. “The last one

you used attracted every bee in a twenty-mile radius.” Evan laughed and lounged against me. “I promise not to use anything fruity,” he replied, nipping at my lower lip. “This one smells like sandalwood. I think youʼll like it.” He pulled back and tugged on my hand. “Iʼll even let you smell it first, and if you donʼt like it, Iʼll get another one.” With a show of reluctance that Evan knew was only an act – after all, my cock was already half-hard again just from our few minutes of languid kisses – I let him lead me out of the shower, wrap me in one of the spaʼs amazingly thick and soft towels, and guide me back to the treatment room. “Howʼs this?” he asked, waving the cap from a bottle of lotion under my nose. “Itʼs made with aloe, shea butter, jojoba and sandalwood oils.” I sniffed at the bottle, surprised at the masculine smell. This was no womanʼs brew. “Did you get this for me?” I asked. I grabbed the bottle and poured a little onto my hand. It was thick and creamy, but when I rubbed it into my palm, it absorbed right away. I started to pour some more when Evan snatched the bottle back. “Thatʼs my job,” he told me imperiously. “I love it when you get all demanding,” I told him archly, fluttering my eyelashes at him. He laughed and pushed me back down onto the table, letting his towel drop to the floor as he began to smooth the lotion onto my legs. My laughter changed to a low rumble of pleasure as his touch became firmer. With each stroke of his warm palms, nerve endings that had calmed in the aftermath of our shower re-awoke to tingling life. He worked his way up my legs and over my hips, deliberately ignoring my reawakening cock as he spread the lotion further up my chest and down my arms. By the time he had finished with my front, I was as hard as Iʼd been before my first climax. It never ceased to amaze me how easily he could rouse me. All it took was a look, a touch, and I had a raging hard-on that only he could ease. This time was no different. My cock protested mightily when Evan motioned me to roll over so he could reach my back. There was no way it was going to put up with being flattened a second time, not as hard as that sensuous massage had made it. “Youʼre going to have to do me like this, baby,” I teased him, settling onto my knees and elbows but leaving my ass poking up in the air. “Either that or get some more comfortable tables.” To my delight, Evan leaned forward and ran his tongue up the cleft of my ass in a long, loving lick. “Iʼll do you like this anytime,” he assured me. I pushed back, wanting more from his tongue, but he had pulled away and was rubbing lotion into the rest of my skin. I moaned in half-hearted protest, knowing he wouldnʼt leave me hurting for too long. Sooner than I would have liked – as much as I pretend to protest, I never get enough of Evanʼs hands on my body – he was wiping them on a towel and putting away the lotion. But instead of handing me a robe – or, better yet, joining me on the table – Evan turned to a counter at the other side of the room. He opened a door, and a cloud of aromatic steam poured out, filling the room with a fresh, herbal scent. When he turned back to me, his arms were filled with warm, steaming sheets.

“The last step is an herbal linen wrap,” he told me, setting the sheets on the bottom of the table. “The cloth is steeped in organic herbs to relieve tension and draw toxins from the body. The heat will make your pores open so you can absorb all the moisturizer.” He patted the surface of the treatment table, encouraging me to lie back down. “I promise it will be the most relaxing half-hour youʼve spent all week.” “Oh no, you donʼt,” I protested. “If youʼre swaddling me up like a baby, youʼre getting in there with me.” He quirked an eyebrow at me. “Now why would I do that?” he teased. “Because I canʼt think of a way Iʼd rather spend half an hour than holding you in my arms,” I answered, opening mine to him in invitation. He stepped into them and I closed them around him, marveling as I always did how perfectly he fit against me. I kissed my way up his throat to nuzzle at the shell of his ear. “Come on, baby. Wrap us up together.” Evan hesitated for a minute, considering the practicalities, before reaching for the sheets. “This wonʼt work on the treatment table. Itʼs too narrow,” he protested, looking around the room. “Maybe on the couch?” I eyed the couch suspiciously. “Doesnʼt look any wider than the table to me,” I answered, though we could use the floor for all I cared, as long as I could hold my angel in my arms. Evanʼs face fell into one of his adorable pouts, making me grin. “Guess youʼll just have to lie on top of me, baby.” That brought the impish smile back to my loverʼs face. He opened the sheets, one on top of another, and stood back. “Lie down then so I can climb on,” he urged. I didnʼt hesitate, stretching out on the smooth, scented sheets, the table supporting my body perfectly. I opened my arms again, waiting for Evan to join me. He did, moving to straddle me first, then settling atop me until we were perfectly aligned from head to toe. He reached down and pulled the sheets up over us, tucking them tightly around us to swaddle us in their herbal warmth. For a minute or two, both of us were content to just lie there, soaking in the warmth of the fragrant linens. Before long, though, the inevitable result of Evanʼs body molding to mine made itself apparent. My cock nudged against his as I nuzzled his neck, working my way toward the nectar of his mouth. “Turn your head,” I urged him, “so I can kiss you properly.” He did as I asked immediately, angling his head so our lips met in a tender kiss that quickly turned heated. As our lips moved in concert, I could feel his cock swelling against mine. At least I wasnʼt the only one affected. Then I felt his hands shift, moving over the skin of my thighs, tracing small, teasing circles. Having my arms and legs immobilized by the tightly wrapped sheet had some definite disadvantages. Not being able to pull Evan against me as I tried to deepen our kiss was one of them. Squirming underneath him, I was able to move my legs an inch or so further apart, which had the happy side effect of bringing our cocks into even closer contact. We drank in each otherʼs moans at the sweet friction as they

pressed together. Managing to wiggle one hand free inside our cocoon, I slid it up my leg, picking up as much moisturizer on my fingers as I could along the way. I worked my arm around Evanʼs body, one destination in mind. He had loved me thoroughly in the shower. It was time to return the favor. Fortunately, he seemed willing to abet in his seduction, moving his legs enough to part the sweet cheeks of his ass for me. It was a good thing, too. As tightly wrapped as we were, I wasnʼt sure I could have freed my other hand to help. Rubbing the lotion into his skin, I pushed at his hole, trying to work my way inside. Evanʼs hips rocked against mine as I gently eased my finger into the puckered opening. He couldnʼt move much, and neither could I, making every touch more sensual, more arousing. A droplet of sweat trickled down his temple as I slowly worked my finger inside him. Unable to resist, I released his lips to catch it on my tongue, tracing its path to capture every hint of my loverʼs flavor. “Now whoʼs teasing?” he asked me hoarsely, leaning into my lips and trying to push his hips back against my finger. I just smiled at him. Turn-aboutʼs fair play, after all. “Youʼre the one who insisted on thirty minutes in this wrap,” I reminded him. “Have you changed your mind?” He hesitated, clearly considering his reply. “No,” he said finally. “The treatment doesnʼt work nearly as well if you donʼt spend your time wrapped up in the sheets.” “Well then,” I declared. “Donʼt complain.” It wasnʼt often I was able to render Evan speechless, so before he could think up a suitable retort, I kissed him again, circling and stretching my finger until the tip found the nub of his prostate. Pay dirt! His entire body stiffened against me, increasing the subtle pressure on our cocks. Flexing my knuckle minutely, I rubbed over the sensitive bundle of nerves, each pass making him tremble and whimper against my mouth. Of course, every tremble pushed him harder against me, every whimper went straight to my cock until I felt like whimpering, too. I tore my lips away from Evanʼs long enough to look at the clock. “Itʼs been thirty minutes, baby,” I moaned. “Get us out of here. I want inside you.” I knew Evan was as desperate as I was when the sheets hit the floor almost before the words were out of my mouth. Kicking the last of the wrappings free from our legs, Evan reached down and grabbed my cock, pushing up onto his knees to put his ass within reach. Pulling my finger away impatiently, he aligned the head of my cock with his quivering hole. “Fuck me,” he demanded, “right now. Fuck me hard.” Whatʼs a man supposed to do when his sexy-as-sin lover is demanding a good reaming? My answer was to give it to him. I flipped us over, just managing not to land us both on the ground, and pulled my knees up under me, giving me the leverage I needed to pound into him unrestrainedly. He met every thrust with a solid one of his own, reassuring me that he was with me completely.

Despite my earlier orgasms, I wasnʼt going to last long at this pace. I snaked a hand between us, searching for his cock so I could take him with me when I came. Evanʼs own hands werenʼt idle – heʼd grabbed my sides and raised his head so he could reach my chest. When my hand closed around his shaft, his lips latched onto my nipple, sucking firmly. I slammed into him so hard that his teeth bit down instinctively, and that was all it took to make me lose it completely. My hips jackhammered against his, my hand fisting his cock until it erupted between our heaving bodies. With a hoarse shout, I pumped into him as my orgasm shuddered through me, filling him until we both collapsed into a sweaty, sated heap on the crumpled sheets. Somehow, I found the strength to roll onto my side to keep from crushing Evan beneath me. He pillowed his head against my chest and sighed in blissful satisfaction. “So, did you like your treatment?” he purred. Resting my chin against his damp curls, I nodded, content to simply snuggle with my lover, passion spent for the moment. Knowing I had this to come back to – Evanʼs care, Evanʼs love –made leaving each time just a little bit easier to bear. “I loved it, but Iʼm never going to be able to hear a director say ʻThatʼs a wrapʼ again without getting hard.”

THERE were only two items left in the basket. The first wasa small black velvet bag. I opened it and spilled the contents ontomy palm – two small pieces of jewelry, slender barbellssurrounded by the stylized images of a golden sun and a silvermoon. ʻWeʼre going to share these, baby,ʼ I promised my lover asI curled my hand around them, imagining the sun shining againsthis honeyed flesh.

Chain Reaction “YOU ever consider getting pierced, Mac?” Since Evan had pulled my cock out of his mouth to ask, I think I can be forgiven the shudder that ran through me at the question. “I didnʼt mean Little Mac,” Evan laughed (what can I do? he insists on calling it that), stroking soothingly over its saliva-coated length. It signaled its appreciation of the sensual massage by adding a dribble of pre-come to further lubricate his talented hand. The ostensible reason that had brought me to the salon that morning was to let Evan color my hair. Over the years Iʼve had to change colors so often for various roles that I can hardly remember what the natural shade looks like any more. Since Iʼd be playing a killer-for-hire in my next film, the collar-length locks and heavy moustache Iʼd grown for the Western Iʼd just finished shooting needed to go too. Iʼd worked with David – the director – before, and heʼd left it up to me to decide how my character would wear his hair. “As long as you donʼt show up still looking like Snidely Whiplash,” heʼd added, twirling the end of my ʼstache. Iʼd honestly been leaning toward just getting a number three buzz to be done with it. I hate having to sit for hours in a styling chair – as far as hair is concerned, my favorite role ever had been when Iʼd played a Marine drill instructor, since Iʼd had practically none to bother with. When I brought up the idea to Evan, though, youʼd have thought Iʼd suggested cutting off his own hair instead. (Which is something Iʼd never do – I love being able to bury my hands in his long dark curls while I bury my cock in his hot, tight ass.)

“Vicʼs a stone cold killer, right? Trust me, heʼd rather be caught dead himself than wear his hair like that,” Evan had protested. Before I knew it, heʼd talked me into letting him come up with the perfect hairstyle for the modern urban hit-man. The ʼstache was the first to go. To my cockʼs considerable regret, my personal stylist was so eager to get his hands on my hair that he didnʼt even look for the straight razor, let alone suggest we get naked to shave me. As traumatized as my little head had been the first time Evan casually whipped out a six-inch length of sharpened steel, I thought it was pretty funny that it was pouting now at his taking off my ʼstache with a few quick swipes of an electric shaver instead. Next thing I knew, Evan had wrapped a cape around me and was running his hands through my hair, humming consideringly. Since meeting Evan, Iʼd discovered that my scalp is a definite erogenous zone. Of course, since meeting Evan Iʼd discovered that practically any part of my body is an erogenous zone if heʼs the one touching it. I leaned back into the chair, spreading my legs to give my balls some room to move inside my jeans. “Iʼll leave you brown, I think, but take you a couple of shades lighter, maybe add a little bit of red to warm it up,” he mused, his long fingers massaging my skull. He could have suggested coloring it in rainbow stripes and I would have agreed, as long as he didnʼt stop rubbing my head. “And then frost the tips to give it some contrast. How does that sound?” “Feels – sounds wonderful,” I mumbled, slumping lower in the chair and wondering if it would be rude to unzip my jeans and have a quick whack off while Evan was mixing up the color. He must have been reading my mind again, though the bulge against my zipper was a pretty obvious give-away, because he gave my hard-on a quick squeeze and wagged a finger in my face. “None of that, now. Tell Little Mac to behave and I promise Iʼll make it up to him later.” “Like he ever listens to anything I tell him,” I complained, but I tried to distract myself from imaging how Evan was planning to “make it up later” by working on creating a back story for Vic instead. Once Evan started painting the thick color onto my hair a strand at a time, it was a toss-up whether the sensuality of his rhythmic touch could offset the acrid chemical smell of the dye. I had high hopes once heʼd finished applying the color – even daubing some carefully onto each eyebrow – that enough time had passed to be considered ʻlaterʼ, but he only wrapped a plastic baggie over my head and rolled over a contraption that looked like one of those 1950ʼs helmet dryers but turned out to emit steam instead. “Ten minutes under this to set the color, then Iʼll wash it out and style you before I do the tips,” he advised me. Iʼd come up with an entire life history for my character by the time Evan declared himself satisfied and let me look at the new me in the mirror. I had to admit that the short, spiky style heʼd come up was exactly the way Iʼd begun to imagine Vic – tough, hip, and definitely cutting-edge. I let myself slip into the characterʼs headspace a little bit, trying on the persona to see how it fit the image staring back at me.

“As often as Iʼve seen you do that, I still canʼt get used to it,” Evan murmured over my shoulder. “I swear your eyes have changed color.” Vicʼs hard, flat killer stare took in Evanʼs slender form, the willowy allure of his frame accented by his dark parachute pants and gauzy white shirt, sheer enough that his tawny nipples showed clearly on either side of the suspender straps. A surge of pure lust, raw and urgent, took control of me. I started to reach for him, to rip open that shirt and bite those taunting nipples ʼtil they bled, to slam him against the wall and fuck him until one of us passed out –and it sure as fuck wouldnʼt be me. Evan took an instinctive step back and the moment was gone. I inhaled roughly and dragged my hand over my face, trying to wipe away Vicʼs taint. For once, I was glad this was a location shoot – I wasnʼt going to be a pleasant person to be around until filming was over. “Sorry, babe,” I shook my head ruefully, running a hand through my damp hair. “Afraid Vicʼs kind of an asshole.” “Under the right circumstances, he might be interesting,” Evan retorted, though I noticed he was still clutching the styling scissors like a weapon. He chuckled when he noticed the direction of my gaze. “At least we know the look is right.” “Itʼs perfect, baby,” I told him, wrapping him in my arms as soon as heʼd laid the scissors on the styling table. “David is going to love it.” Evan nuzzled a kiss against the newly bared side of my neck and drew back, his nose crinkled adorably. “Youʼre covered with little bits of hair, and I reek of chemicals. I think a showerʼs in order for both of us.” “Sounds like a plan,” I agreed immediately. After the time Evanʼs assistant manager, Jordan, had walked in on us as I was doing my best to fuck his boss through the wall of one of the spaʼs showers, Evan had installed a private unit adjacent to his office. The glass-and-cedar enclosure was nearly as large as the entire bathroom in my first apartment, with dozens of shower heads lining the walls and ceiling that could be set to anything from steam to hydromassage to tropical rain forest. It had built in heaters, a chromatherapy lighting system, and a pair of wide cedar benches that could be folded down to form a king-size platform. Right now the benches were folded out of the way against the walls, leaving plenty of room for both of us (and for half a dozen of the salonʼs customers too, if either of us had been the type to share, which we werenʼt). We were so happy with the luxurious shower that Evan had installed a couple of smaller units in the spa itself, where theyʼd become so popular theyʼd quickly paid for themselves and our private retreat as well. I had my clothes off before the office door closed behind us, but Evan was rooting around in the cabinets next to the shower enclosure with a look on his face reserved for only the most important of concerns, like… “Stress relief scalp treatment,” he purred, retrieving a bottle from the crowded shelves. Iʼd learned it didnʼt pay to argue with Evan when it came to treatments – it was easier just to give him his head, since he was usually more than willing to return the favor. I snuggled behind him, letting my cock nudge his

ass by way of reminder as I bent over his shoulder to sniff at the product. “Smells okay … what is it?” “A blend of essential oils – lavender, chamomile, ylang ylang and sandalwood – to relax you and eliminate tension, with almond and jojoba oils to strengthen your hair and restore the moisture the coloring chemicals strip from your scalp.” I tended to zone out while Evan rattled off the properties of whatever gunk he planned to use on me, but it was going to have to be some powerful shit to relax the hard-on I was developing just from the rise and fall of his body against mine as he spoke. “Do you have to be naked to use it?” I prompted hopefully, working at the fastening of his trousers. “Iʼll apply it out here, then let you sit in the steam for fifteen minutes or so to help it absorb,” he countered, stepping out of my embrace and guiding me to a seat on the antique fainting couch heʼd moved into a corner of his office. It was a deceptively sturdy piece of furniture, as weʼd proven on more than one occasion, but it didnʼt seem like this was going to be one of them as Evan poured a handful of oil into his palm, working his hands together before starting to massage the concoction onto my head. I may have said it before, but Evan has magic hands. His strong fingers drew tiny circles all over my scalp, turning my muscles into putty and my cock into an iron bar leaking against my thigh. I had to clench my fists to keep from reaching for it, or for him, but even biting my lip couldnʼt prevent the low moans of bliss from escaping as he worked his way down the back of my skull. This put his chest directly in front of my face, and I couldnʼt resist the temptation to nip at the dark nipple peeking at me saucily. Evanʼs fingers faltered and I suckled the tip into my mouth, leaving a wet ring against the sheer fabric of his shirt. “I think itʼs time to get naked now,” Evan agreed hurriedly, wiping his hands on a towel before slipping the suspender straps off his shoulders and kicking off his pants. As usual, he wasnʼt wearing any boxers underneath them. He started to unbutton the shirt, but I stopped him, entranced by how transparent the damp material had become. “Leave it on?” I asked, rising to my feet and leading him into the already steam-filled enclosure. My imagination wasnʼt disappointed – it only took a few seconds in the thick steam to plaster the gauzy fabric to his torso. I canʼt tell you why I found the idea of that so erotic, but it brought me to my knees, feasting on his olive skin through the wet cloth until he was so hard his cock was poking me in the chest. Before I could turn my attentions lower, Evan pulled me to my feet and adjusted the controls to turn the water to a warm, gentle spray that caressed us from all directions. He rinsed the last of the oil out of my hair and then sank down gracefully himself, proving once again that his mouth was even more talented than his fingers by giving me the blow job of my life. Until he asked that question about piercing. “I didnʼt mean Little Mac,” Evan repeated, using his nearly-as-talented hands on my suddenly softened cock until heʼd restored it to stony hardness. “I was thinking something a little higher up,” he added, nipping his way

across my wet abdomen (after a brief pause to leave a love-bite over my moonand-star tattoo). “Maybe a nipple ring?” His mouth closed over the potential site, biting down to demonstrate what it would feel like. Weʼd already experimented some using clamps, so I had an idea how much a little pain could sensitize me. And I knew David wouldnʼt mind – it was just the kind of accessory Vic would affect. I could always take it out when I needed to – it wouldnʼt leave enough of a mark to be a problem with other roles. “As long as you get one too,” I agreed, a sudden image popping into my mind. “Matching rings?” Evan purred. “I know that look, lover –what are you thinking?” “A silver chain connecting us while we make love,” I admitted, just the thought of the erotic tugs as we moved nearly enough to make me come in his hand. “Hold that thought,” Evan groaned, pausing to kiss me thoroughly before heading out the glass door of the enclosure. I was relieved to see him replace his sodden shirt with a robe before leaving the office – it was something heʼd been known to forget, though I donʼt think any of his clientele, female or male, would complain about catching a glimpse of that delectable body. The salon did piercings for both earrings and more intimate spots, but Evan didnʼt bring back the gun-like device Iʼd seen used for ear piercings. Instead, he carried a box of latex gloves, a set of clamps that looked more lethal than the ones weʼd played with, and several packages of slender needles. After rummaging through the cabinet again to locate a bottle of antiseptic, he seated us side by side on the antique couch. “If youʼre sure about this, Iʼll do you first so you can see how it works, and then you can do me,” Evan offered. I didnʼt think Iʼd ever turn down a chance to do Evan, but – “Iʼve never pierced anyone before,” I hesitated, unwilling to risk hurting my lover. “Maybe you should get Jordan to – “ “Youʼre the only one I want touching my body, ever,” Evan insisted, stilling my protests with a kiss. “Let me show you how easy it is – itʼll be over before you know it.” Pulling on a pair of latex gloves (which started my cock hardening again, an idea I wasnʼt sure I wanted to think about), Evan smiled at me reassuringly. “Left or right?” he asked, pinching both nipples to hardness. “Left,” I answered without hesitation. Over my heart. I didnʼt say the words, but Evan seemed to understand anyway, bending forward to place a soft kiss on the site before cleaning the nipple thoroughly with antiseptic. He positioned the clamp so the pink nub stood erect and immobilized, then opened one of the individually packaged needles. “Iʼm going from side to side, right here, through the base,” he told me, and before I could draw a full breath he had pushed the needle through the skin. I barely felt it –the pressure of the nipple clamp biting into my flesh was far more uncomfortable. Evan threaded a silver ring through a thin plastic tube I hadnʼt realized surrounded the needle, pulled

the needle and tube through, and twisted the ball closure. “All done,” he said brightly, disposing of the needle in a sharps container before easing off the clamp and carefully cleaning the area again. He snapped off his gloves, tossed them in the trash and turned back to me with a kiss. “Doing okay?” he asked. “Not bad at all,” I answered in surprise. Iʼd expected it to be far more painful than it was. “Thatʼs your endorphins kicking in,” he explained. “Itʼll be sore enough later, Iʼm afraid. Ready to do mine now?” With Evan talking me though it, I repeated the process on him, having to grit my teeth to push the needle through his skin. But it was worth it to see the matching silver ring adorning his dark, flat nipple. I was so tempted to lean down and kiss him there, but it probably wasnʼt the most hygienic idea, so I settled for kissing its rather forlorn looking mate instead. Somehow I had an idea that Evan, at least, wouldnʼt be wearing only one ring for long. “Iʼve got some decorative chain we use for belly button piercings,” he continued, “though maybe we should wait until youʼve healed a little….” “No way,” I insisted. I was going to be leaving for filming too soon as it was – there was no chance Iʼd let an opportunity like this wait. Evan measured several lengths of the fine silver chain before clipping it off, making sure the ends were smooth, and slipping it onto first his ring, then mine. The gentle tug sent a wave of pure fire burning from my chest straight to my groin. “Fuck, babe,” I groaned, “that has to be the sexiest thing Iʼve ever seen.” The chain swayed between us in a graceful arc that connected his chest, his heart, to mine. Moving carefully, Evan guided me to recline onto the couch, following me down to make sure the chain stayed loose. It didnʼt take much of the gentle friction of our chests rubbing against the new piercings while we kissed before we were both achingly hard. Evan reached to the nearby shelf to grab the lube – I said weʼd tested the couch out more than once – and squeezed some of the gel onto his fingers, but I stopped him before he could start to prep himself. “Make love to me,” I asked him, spreading my legs wide and offering myself to him. Evan didnʼt top often enough to suit me as it was, and the memory of Vicʼs violent lust still haunted me. I needed to have this image of him kneeling over me, the feeling of him filling me, to carry me through the weeks weʼd be apart. Evan kissed me lingeringly before mouthing a path down my body. The chain was just long enough to let him kneel between my legs, lifting my butt to rim me until I was moaning and stretch me until I was fucking myself on his fingers before finally taking me in a long, slow slide. I draped my legs over his hips and pulled him closer, pushing up each time he drew back to try to keep him buried inside me as deeply as I could hold him. He braced his palms behind himself and leaned back, the chain measuring the space between us as our hips rocked together, the tug on my sensitized nipple and the love in Evanʼs

eyes carrying me over the edge. The warmth of his release filled me and I splashed white streaks all over our bellies, finally pulling him down to lie on top of me with a purr of pure satiation. “We should shower again before the sweat starts to sting,” Evan said eventually. “And we can put an ice pack on it later if it hurts too much. Itʼll take a couple of weeks to heal completely.” I wasnʼt worried. If there was pain, it would just remind me of this moment, and by the time I returned from location, we should both be healed enough to do this again.

THE last thing in the basket was a small padded envelope. Inside was a metal dog tag in the shape of a heart. ʻMacʼ wasengraved on it, and underneath, ʻIf lost, return to Evan Yorkʼ. “Just as soon as I can, babe,” I promised. “Iʼm cominghome as soon as I can.”

Doggy Style A warm nose bumped my palm, disrupting my sleep and interrupting a dream in which Evan was doing something sinful involving shea butter and avocado-seed-oil body balm to my willing cock. A wet tongue lapped at my fingers, stirring more than just my mind to wakefulness. “Evan, your damn dogʼs in the bedroom again,” I muttered without opening my eyes. Molly had a bad habit of sneaking in when one of us forgot to close the door securely – weʼd caught her more than once curled up at the foot of the bed, stealing an unfair share of the duvet cover. Hoping to slip back into my erotic reverie, I groped around behind me blindly for the interruptionʼs owner, but instead of a warm body my free hand met only cool, rumpled bedsheets. The raspy tongue moved to the still-sensitive contours of my recently pierced nipple, the surge of pleasure more than enough to seduce my attention from the sensuous dream to an even more vivid reality. Forcing my eyes to open, I saw Evan crouched on all fours next to the bed, his agile tongue teasing my nipple to aching hardness. He was naked except for a rim of kohl around his eyes and an embossed leather collar around his throat. The matching leather leash trailed enticingly over the crease of his delectable ass. While he was usually the leader – though too rarely (to my taste) the top – in our sexual adventures, Evan had a surprising fondness for playing puppy. After the third time he ʻborrowedʼ Mollyʼs accessories, Iʼd bought him his own collar and lead from our favorite leather shop, complete with dog tags that proclaimed his name and had my name and phone number engraved under the “If lost, return to” heading.

Evanʼs mouth moved across my chest to my other nipple, the tags jingling on his collar as he bobbed his head. Rolling onto my back to offer him better access, I sank a hand into his dark curls and gave him a good scratching. “What do you want, boy?” I asked, smiling at the glow in his warm brown eyes when he lifted his head. “Do you want me to take you for a walk?” Evan panted, wiggling his butt in eager anticipation. “Or better yet, maybe Iʼll just take you.” He nosed my crotch impatiently, making my cock bounce, his meaning as plain as if heʼd spoken when he grinned up at me. “Yeah, Little Mac thinks itʼs a good idea, but then Little Mac never thinks anything else when youʼre around,” I groaned, rising as his tongue worked its magic on my equally eager cock. When I felt my balls starting to tighten, I pulled him upward into a wet and messy kiss. When heʼs in puppy headspace, Evan doesnʼt kiss so much as lick and nip, which is fine with me – I can never get enough of his tongue, no matter how he uses it. His body squirmed against mine as I deepened the kiss, working my tongue into his mouth and holding him still as I tasted him. Iʼd take a long drink of Evan over my morning coffee any day, and for a caffeine addict like me, thatʼs saying something. Evan was humping my thigh by the time Iʼd finally gotten my MDR of his mouth. While my cock was more than ready to move things along, the rest of me was in the mood for some more leisurely lovemaking. “Easy, boy,” I soothed them both, petting Evan in long, slow strokes down his back as I turned us onto our sides. Evan whined softly but arched into my touch. My cock wasnʼt nearly as obedient, but Iʼd had plenty of experience ignoring its complaints by now. “Good doggie,” I told Evan as I kissed my way down his neck, my palms gently rubbing his belly. I spent a long time tracing the line of the black collar against his elegant throat with my tongue, the scent of the leather and the tang of it against my tongue surprisingly arousing. I wondered if I would find it as arousing if I were in Evanʼs place. I had no interest in playing puppy myself, but Iʼd spent more than one lonely night on location wondering what it would be like to wear a collar. Iʼd never once regretted following Evanʼs lead as he introduced me to the world of kink, but as mind-blowing as our sexual exploits were, I wanted to offer him more. Evan pawed at me restlessly, pressing against me until heʼd rolled me onto my back again. Straddling my hips, the weight of his body held me down as he lapped long, wet stripes over my chest, his bottom half still wriggling. Watching his toned ass cheeks shimmy from side to side, I wondered if I could find him a butt plug that had a doggy tail attached. Who knows, they probably make them in all different breeds. Yeah right, cockercocks, I thought with a silly grin, which quickly morphed into a moan as Evan rediscovered the nipple ring. His agile tongue swept over it, flipping it back and forth, each movement zinging along my nerve endings. He nuzzled at it with his nose and then nipped it, the not-so-gentle tug just this side of painful. “No,” I told him, swatting him lightly on the butt. “Bad dog, no biting.” Evanʼs eyes met mine for a moment, a spark of mischief glinting in them before he lowered his head and, very deliberately, bit me again. Harder.

I jerked reflexively, whacking his butt with the leash I still held in my hand. Evan whimpered, lowering himself on his forearms until his face was buried in the middle of my chest, his ass quivering. A pink line ran across one cheek where Iʼd caught him with the strap. His nose bumped my sternum, his ass poking up higher, sending a message loud and clear – ʻmoreʼ. “Are you a bad boy? Do I have to spank you?” I asked, going along with the game but also needing his assurance. This was a kind of play weʼd never indulged in before, and I wasnʼt sure I was completely comfortable with it. But if it was what Evan wanted … Iʼd never gone wrong yet following his lead. The sound that escaped was more human moan than puppy whimper, but the urgent bob of his head was unmistakable. Wrapping the slim leather around my fist to the optimal length, I laid a half-dozen stripes across his ass with the wider handle of the strap, not hard enough to break his perfect skin, but enough to raise a couple of fair-sized welts. The smack of the leather was surprisingly loud against his cheeks, and Evan yelped into my chest at each blow, but he didnʼt try to pull away. His cock had leaked a thick string of pre-come onto my stomach by the time I finished. “Thatʼs enough,” I said, dropping the leash and running a gentle hand down his back. His ass cheeks felt hot under my palm. “Youʼll be good now, wonʼt you?” Evan whined, lifting his head and lapping at my mouth as hungrily as if it were a bowl of Alpo. I buried a hand into his tousled hair, holding him still for a long, deep kiss. Then I slid from underneath him, pointing down at the pillow before slipping behind him on the bed. “Stay … good boy, stay….” I crooned as I checked Evanʼs ass more closely, relieved to see I hadnʼt done any real damage. His cheeks were a warm pink, the welts where the leash had made contact already fading. Holding his hips, I leaned forward and traced each one gently with my lips, ending with a soft kiss in the dimple at the base of his spine. Evan whimpered loudly, pushing his hips up in a blatant request to be fucked. I might have woken up in the mood for some leisurely lovemaking, but that definitely wasnʼt what Evan had in mind. Still, I wasnʼt about to argue with that. My cock certainly wasnʼt complaining. “Whoʼs a good boy?” I praised, my probing fingers finding him already lubed and ready for me. I sank into him in one long glide, mating my chest to his back and nuzzling the arc of his ear. Evan hummed his pleasure and pressed back against me eagerly. “Cʼmon, baby,” I prompted, tightening my grip on the leash. “Letʼs romp.” If thereʼs anything in the world that feels as good as Evan clenching around me, I havenʼt found it yet, unless itʼs being fucked by him in return. Since Iʼd forgotten to grab more lube from the bedside table, it was a good thing his cock was already leaking steadily as I fisted him. It didnʼt take more than a few deep thrusts and a few tight strokes before Evan was coming all over my hand. His groan of fulfillment and the way his channel rippled around me as he came wrung a pretty impressive orgasm from me in turn. I was panting as hard as he was by the time we finally collapsed back onto the bed in a tangle of sweaty

limbs. “That was fucking brilliant, love,” Evan murmured, arching his neck as I carefully unbuckled the collar. Instead of setting it aside, I ran my fingers over the stylized design. The thought of placing myself completely under Evanʼs control, of offering him my full and willing permission to use me in whatever ways he wanted, was so arousing that despite just having come, I was already hardening again. “Maybe next time I should be the one wearing this,” I suggested. “Iʼd pegged you for a pony, not a puppy,” Evan said teasingly. “Thatʼs not what I mean,” I answered, my voice softening as I bowed my head. “I want to give myself to you – to give you unconditional control.” I could feel Evan tensing in my arms even before I finished speaking. Iʼd offered something similar once before, on his birthday, but although Evan had brushed aside the gesture at the time, Iʼd been sure it was because the scene we already had going was enough for us. Now, his uncharacteristic hesitancy made me wonder. Weʼd said we loved each other, but maybe Evan wasnʼt willing to make the kind of commitment I was ready for. “Iʼm not sure thatʼs a good idea,” Evan said quietly. “Why?” I asked, unable to hide the hurt from my voice. Iʼd just spanked Evan when he wanted it, even though I wasnʼt sure about it before we started – couldnʼt he trust me the same way to know what I wanted? “Donʼt you think Iʼm ready? Iʼve taken everything youʼve ask me to – Iʼve loved everything youʼve shown me,” I insisted, forcing him to look at me. “Donʼt you think I can handle this?” “It isnʼt you Iʼm worried about,” Evan protested. “Itʼs me.” My gut turned over at his words – every breakup Iʼve ever gone through has started with some variation on the ʻitʼs not you, itʼsmeʼ theme. “I mean it, Mac,” Evan asserted. “Youʼre the most amazing lover Iʼve ever had. But youʼre asking for something I donʼt know how to give.” His hand traced the scruffy line of my jaw, and I could feel his fingers trembling. “I play at kink, but Iʼve never been in a real Dom/sub relationship. Iʼm not sure how it would work for us. I donʼt know enough to be sure I wouldnʼt hurt you.” “Youʼve never hurt me,” I argued vehemently. “You never would.” “Not intentionally,” Evan countered. “But collaring isnʼt a game, Mac. You donʼt understand what youʼre asking for.” “Then why donʼt you show me?” “What if I do something wrong – something that does wind up hurting you?” Evan objected. I pulled him closer, stroking his curls away from where they hid his face. “You mean too much to me to fuck this up, Mac.” “I want this because I trust you,” I insisted. “I want to be able to show you how much. We donʼt have to start with anything heavy – whatever youʼre comfortable with.” Evan does puppy-dog eyes way better than I can, but I gave it my best shot, staring at him soulfully until he realized what I was doing and broke into laughter. “All right,” he agreed finally,

“weʼll try something. I suppose I owe it to you, after all the treatments youʼve let me experiment with on you,” he teased, ruffling my still-frosted hair. I sat up and handed him the collar, but he shook his head. “Not yet,” he said, setting it on the bedside table. “Letʼs see how this works before we decide whether weʼre ready for that.” I was about to press the point when I realized that arguing with your dom wasnʼt a very submissive thing to do. I took a deep breath, trying to let go of all my tension as I exhaled. “What do you want me to do?” I asked quietly. Evan thought for a minute, during which I tried to calm myself, breathing evenly and not letting myself speculate on what he might be considering. I trusted that whatever he decided would be good for both of us. “Lie down on your back, hands over your head, and hold onto the headboard,” Evan said finally. I positioned myself as he instructed immediately, my cock already hardening again without even knowing what it was getting itself into. “Whatever happens, donʼt move unless I tell you to, and donʼt speak unless I ask you a direct question. Do you understand?” “Yes,” I said huskily, a hot spiral of arousal spreading through my veins. My cock was already standing rigidly at attention – if it could figure out how, it would have saluted. “Oh, and Mac, no matter what I do to you, donʼt come until I give you permission.” The sensual promise in Evanʼs voice alone was enough to make me shiver in anticipation. I knew exactly how seductive my lover could be, and Evan demonstrated it to me again, starting at my feet and pleasuring every centimeter of my body with his touch and his mouth. He had me quivering within minutes, biting my lip to keep any wayward sounds from escaping. Evan had made love to me while I was restrained before, but knowing I was free to touch him but couldnʼt was even harder to endure. My knuckles whitened around the bedposts as he nibbled his way across my chest, kissing me everywhere except my tightened nipples. I could feel them throbbing in anticipation, could imagine his mouth closing over them, but each time I thought he was going to give me what I ached for, he veered away to nip at another patch of skin, until all I could think of was his hot, wet mouth closing over them. It was even worse when he started down my abdomen. My cock was already leaking a puddle of fluid in the hollow of my hipbone. As soon as Evan started kissing his way down the same path, it twitched with every movement of his mouth. When he spread my knees apart and began nuzzling at the crease where my thighs joined my torso, I was pleading with him silently to touch me, kiss me, take me into his mouth – anything to relieve the desperate need heʼd incited. His tongue flicked over the wrinkled skin between the base of my shaft and my balls, and I nearly arched off the bed in shock. He pulled away immediately, leaving me panting as his attention turned to the inside of my knees, starting the cycle all over again. By the time heʼd made a second slow circuit of my body, again avoiding all the most sensitive spots, I was nearly ready to start begging. Only the determination not to disappoint him by disobeying his very first order kept me

silent. Every muscle in my body was corded with the effort not to squirm beneath him. My cock was so hard it felt like solid granite. Evan was licking my thighs, each swipe coming millimeters closer, closer, to where it felt like every nerve in my body had redirected itself. Please, I chanted to myself, please, sweet God, Evan, do it, please…. “Donʼt come,” Evan reminded me, before fluttering little kitten-licks over my balls. I tried to think of the most horrendous filming experience Iʼd ever had, that sci-fi flick where Iʼd played an alien, buried under so many prosthetic attachments I could barely breath – anything to keep myself from immediately shooting my load. When heʼd moistened every inch of my sac, he teased lower, skittering over the sensitive skin of my perineum, tracing a wet circle around the quavering ring of muscle. Fuck me, I pleaded wordlessly, dammit, Evan, ram your tongue up there andfucking fuck me! He didnʼt, of course. I was cursing steadily by now in my head, while he spread my cheeks apart and blew warm air over the superheated skin. Then he did the same to my cock, leaning in to lap at the pool of pre-come. The edge of his tongue brushed against the tip of my shaft and a bolt of pure electric current galvanized my body. I jolted and couldnʼt bite back the gasp of need fast enough to keep him from hearing it. “Youʼre doing so well, love,” Evan praised me, rubbing his thumbs down my iliac crease and framing the patch of tawny pubic hair. “I need you to hold out just a little longer….” He dipped his head and began to lick at my cock, little swipes of his tongue that never lasted long enough, never traveled far enough, and they were driving me crazy. I needed to come more than I needed to breathe, gasping to fill my lungs only when they were burning; rocking, though I didnʼt realize it, to the litany that filled my brain, please,please, please, please, please…. “Come,” Evan said finally, his lips closing over the head of my cock, and I lost it completely. I came with every cell in my body exploding in pleasure, overloading me with sensation until I think I must have blacked out. When I was alert to what was going on around me again, Evan had me cradled in his arms, his own cock sticky against my thigh, his head resting on my still-shuddering abdomen. “Mmmmnnnn,” I said intelligently, trying to pull him up so I could kiss him. “Cʼmere.” “How was it?” Evan asked when Iʼd let go of his lips. “It wasnʼt too much?” “It was torture,” I told him. “I never came harder in my life.” I bent my head and pressed my forehead against his. “Not that Iʼm complaining, but it wasnʼt quite what I expected. It seemed to be all about me. I thought youʼd want me to – I dunno –do something to – for – you….” “Maybe Iʼm just a lousy dom,” Evan chuckled, his dark eyes sparkling. “I got exactly what I wanted out of it, love, which was to make you come completely unglued.” He pulled back and ruffled my hair so the spikes stood back up. “Donʼt worry, I still have plenty of things I want you to do for me. And no matter what anyone tells you, D/s is always about the sub.” As sated as it was, my cock did a little jig at the thought of the kind of

things Evan might want me to do for him some day. I didnʼt need to push a commitment on him he wasnʼt ready for, not when we were already this good without it. “Thank you, baby,” I told him. “Even if youʼre never ready to let me wear a collar, I need you to know that whatever you want me to do, ever, Iʼll do it.” “You say that now,” Evan countered, his voice thick. “Wait ʼtil I want to try out a Moor Mud Body Wrap on you.” “Anything,” I promised, “even mud. I trust you, angel. I love you.” “Love you too,” Evan answered, kissing me again. What more than that could I possibly ask?

I was reaching for my cell phone, hard and hot and missingmy lover fiercely, when it rang before I could flip it open to dial. Ididnʼt need the special ring-tone to tell me it was Evan – somehow,it made perfect sense that heʼd know how much I needed to hearhis voice at that exact minute. “Did you get my present?” he asked eagerly, soundingclose enough to reach out and touch. I swallowed around thetightness in my throat and answered, “Sure did, baby. I love it – thank you for sending me so many wonderful memories.” “Thereʼs one more bit that goes with it,” he said. “I thinkthey might have left it outside your front door.” “The bellman didnʼt say anything about more,” I fretted,heading toward the entryway. “I hope it wonʼt get ruined in thisrain….” I really should have known, but I guess loneliness andhorniness had made me stupid. I was taken completely by surprisewhen I opened the door and Evan launched himself into my arms,sending us both skidding backward on the wet terrazzo floor. Evantook advantage of my shock to tackle me onto my ass and ravagemy mouth, not that I was putting up anything like a fight. “What are you doing here?” I asked when I could talkagain. “And how long can you stay? I thought you wereregistered for that seminar on couples massage therapy thisweekend.” “Iʼll reschedule it,” Evan answered distractedly, busypulling my shirt over my head. “Iʼd rather go when you can comewith as my partner anyway.” His lips closed around my nipple ring and I gave up any hope of being able to carry on a rationalconversation. Only when he pulled me to my feet, letting mycutoffs drop around my ankles, did I remember that I had a gift forhim, too. “Hang on, baby,” I insisted as he tried to drag me insearch of the bedroom. I dug into the pocket of my shorts andstayed on one knee, determined

to do this right. “This past year has been the best one of my life,” I toldEvan, for once letting my heart and not my cock do the talking. “Ilove you, and I want to spend the rest of my life loving you.” Reaching for his hand, I showed him the rings I had carriedaround for the last month, waiting for this day. “When filming isover, if you want to, Iʼd like to fly back to Amsterdam and getmarried.” If only Russ could harness Evanʼs smile, he could dry everycloud from the sky and finish up filming tomorrow. “Yes!” Evanshouted, knocking me backward again and jumping on top of me tokiss me. My only complaint was that while I was happily naked, hestill had far too many clothes on, and they were wet. I strippedhim as fast as I could, considering he wouldnʼt take his tongue outof my mouth, and then rolled him onto his back to do some tonguesucking of my own. Finally remembering that I had a big, cushybed that would be a lot more agreeable for what I had in mind thana wet tile floor, I helped my lover up and started toward thebedroom. “Donʼt forget your robe,” Evan prompted. I had nointention of letting anything but his skin cover me for the nextseveral days at least, but I grabbed it out of the basket anyway,revealing the final gift that had been lying hidden beneath it. A soft, narrow, black leather collar. “Guess weʼre both ready to make a commitment,” Evansaid as I ran it lovingly through my fingers. Weʼd each learned alot about what we were comfortable with over the last few months,and while our take on kink might never fit anyoneʼs definition butour own, who cared? We didnʼt have anything to prove and onlyourselves to make happy. And at that moment, I was in paradise. “Cʼmon, lover,” Evan urged, pulling my body against his,cock to cock, heart toheart. “Iʼm going to take you to heaven.”

Nicki Bennett Growing up in Chicago, Nicki Bennett spent every Saturday at the central library, losing herself in the world of books. A voracious reader, she eventually found it hard to find enough of the kind of stories she liked to read … and decided she needed to start writing them herself.